Kanowna Island
  Kanowna Island | |
| Etymology | TSS Kanowna, wrecked nearby in 1929 |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 39°09′17″S 146°18′39″E / 39.1547°S 146.3108°ECoordinates: 39°09′17″S 146°18′39″E / 39.1547°S 146.3108°E |
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Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
Kanowna Island, an oceanic island, is located off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. It is home to a significant breeding colonies of Australian fur seal, with an estimated 15000 seals (13.3% of the population) in 2010.[1]
The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[2] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3]
References
- ↑ Kirkwood, Roger; Pemberton, David; Gales, Rosemary; Hoskins, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Tony; Shaughnessy, Peter D.; Arnould, John P. Y. (2010). "Continued population recovery by Australian fur seals". Marine and Freshwater Research. 61 (6): 695–701. doi:10.1071/MF09213.
- ↑ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460
- ↑ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.
Islands of Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||
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| Islands off East Gippsland | |||||||||||
| Islands within Corner Inlet | |||||||||||
| Islands off Wilsons Promontory |
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| Islands within Western Port | |||||||||||
| Islands within Port Phillip | |||||||||||
| Islands within Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight | |||||||||||
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