Clonmel Island
Clonmel Island (Shire of Wellington) | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 38°42′42″S 146°42′16″E / 38.7115278°S 146.7045833°ECoordinates: 38°42′42″S 146°42′16″E / 38.7115278°S 146.7045833°E |
Country | |
Australia | |
State | Victoria |
Clonmel Island is a sand island in Corner Inlet, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Clonmel Island lies within the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and is part of a complex of barrier islands that protect a large marine embayment from the pounding waves of Bass Strait.[1]
History
The island is named after the paddle steamer PS Clonmel which was wrecked in the Port Albert Entrance to Corner Inlet, immediately east of the island, in 1841.[2]
References
- ↑ "Nooramunga and Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Parks" (PDF), Park Notes (Parks Victoria), August 2012, retrieved 2015-04-11
- ↑ "PS Clonmel Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number S129". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
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