This article is about the island off Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. For other uses, see Wattle Island (disambiguation).

Wattle Island, is a small, granite island located approximately 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[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

  1. ^ a b c d e Norman, F. I.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M.; Robetson, B. I. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 88, Wattle Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 81–82.
  2. ^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460
  3. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_Island_(Victoria)
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