East Island (Lacepede Islands)

East Island is an island within the Lacepede Islands group, which sits about 30 kilometres (20 mi) off the coast of the Dampier Peninsula in north-west Western Australia. It is located at .[1] It is the site of the East Island Lighthouse. It forms part of the Lacepede Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]

References

  1. ^ "East Island". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government. http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=267411. 
  2. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lacepede Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-18.