Strait Islands Queensland geo stub lighthouse stub de BoobyIslandQueensland ...For the island in the Bonaparte Archipelago of Western Australia BoobyIsland Kimberley File BoobyIsland aerial.jpg thumb right 400px An aerial view of BoobyIsland from the south. BoobyIsland is an island 45 km northwest of Muttee Heads at the tip of Cape York Peninsula , Queensland , Australia . This island in the Torres Strait , 32 km west of Thursday Island and 23 kmwest of Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait Prince of Wales Island . Shipwrecks In the 19th century such a high number of ship were lost in the area, that provisions were stored on BoobyIsland for shipwrecked sailors. ref name rowlett cite rowlett qld ref Wrecks include ref http oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au torres wrecks.html Torres Strait shipwrecks ref Delfshaven . Barque , 656 tons. Newcastle to Java. Struck a sunken reef near BoobyIsland, 24 July 1862. As she was undermanned, the boats were launched with difficulty after big seas had driven her over the rocks into calm water. Natives and adverse currents prevented them reaching safety on the Australian coast before one boat was abandoned and a course set for Timor Kanahooka Iron steamship , 386 tons. Built 1883. Foundered in a heavy gale south of BoobyIsland, Queensland, 19 January 1894. She was overloaded with guano from Rocky Islet in the Gulf .... Crew landed on BoobyIsland and a ship took them on to Singapore Morning Star ship Morning Star , wrecked 1814 somewhere near BoobyIsland. Pacific . Schooner . Foundered off BoobyIsland, Queensland, 6 July 1935 Shamrock . Schooner. Involved in rescue of survivors from two ships, on BoobyIsland Hydrabad and Coringa Packet Lighthouse main BoobyIsland Light In 1890 a lighthouse eventually took up service on the island, an convert 18 m tall timber framed iron clad conical tower with a focal plane ... lantern room. ref name rowlett References reflist External links commonscat Portal Queensland ... more details
For the QueenslandislandBoobyIsland File BoobyBrownNestGround.jpg thumb right 300px Nesting Brown Boobies BoobyIsland , once known as White Island , is a small 3 ha , uninhabited island in the Bonaparte Archipelago of the Kimberley Western Australia Kimberley region of Western Australia . It was renamed in 2004 to avoid confusion with another White Island in the Kimberley region. ref cite web url http www.highbeam.com doc 1P1 92898859.html title BoobyIsland deemed the White name accessdate 2011 06 06 work General News Australia first last publisher AAP date 2004 03 29 ref It is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports more than 1 of the world population of Brown Booby Brown Boobies , with a seabird colony breeding colony of up to 2000 pairs. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA BoobyIsland Kimberley accessdate 2011 06 06 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref References reflist coord 15 03 41 S 124 19 35 E display title region AU type isle source GoogleEarth name BoobyIsland Category Islands of Western Australia Category Kimberley Western Australia Category Important Bird Areas of Western Australia WesternAustralia geo stub ... more details
Infobox lighthouse name BoobyIsland Light image name BoobyIsland Lighthouse.jpg caption BoobyIsland Lighthouse and one of the deteriorated cottages location BoobyIsland , Queensland , Australia pushpin map Queensland pushpin latd 10 latm 36 lats 20 latNS S longd 141 longm 54 longs 33 longEW E coordinates ... lights to be constructed along the Queensland coast. sfn QLD601724 File BoobyIsland Lightstation from the sea.jpg thumb left BoobyIsland Lightstation from the sea History The colony of Queensland was formed in 1859. In 1862, the Queensland government appointed the first Portmaster, Commander George ... canada NGA 111 9620 ARLHS AUS 011 BoobyIsland Light is an active lighthouse located on BoobyIsland , an island near the tip of Cape York Peninsula , west of Prince of Wales IslandQueensland Prince of Wales Island , within the Endeavour Strait , Queensland , Australia . It marks the western entrance ... the erection of a lighthouse on BoobyIsland. It was Heath who first recommended the construction ... in 1992. sfn QLD601724 Structures File BoobyIsland aerial.jpg thumb right An aerial view of the island, showing the lighthouse and other structures. The lighthouse is conical, convert 18 m ... vane . sfn QLD601724 File BoobyIsland Light and No 2 Quarters, 1957.jpg thumb left The lighthouse ... 11 14 cite AHD 19045 BoobyIsland Lightstation, BoobyIsland via Thursday Island, QLD, Australia accessdate 2010 11 24 cite AHPI QLD601724 BoobyIsland Lightstation accessdate 2010 11 24 refend External ... of Wales Island was established. Formal approval took four more years, and tenders for the lighthouse ... of Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough , which also constructed Sandy Cape Light , Cape Bowling Green Light , Cowan Cowan Point Light , Cape Capricorn Light and Lady Elliot Island Light . The light ... rotating mechanism. The original apparatus now resides in the Thursday Island Museum. The Battery ... . The site is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service . The location is accessible ... more details
pp semi indef About the seabird the part of human anatomy breast See also Booby disambiguation Taxobox name Booby image Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii one leg raised.jpg image caption Blue footed Booby displaying by raising a foot image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Sula genus authority Mathurin Jacques Brisson Brisson , 1760 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii Peruvian Booby Sula variegata Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Nazca Booby Sula granti Red footed Booby Sula sula Brown Booby Sula leucogaster For fossil species, see text. A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula , part of the Sulidae Family biology family . Boobies are closely related to the gannet s Morus , which were formerly included in Sula . Description Boobies hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin cushion the impact with the water. Boobies are colonial breeders on islands and coasts. They normally lay one or more chalky blue eggs on the ground or sometimes in a tree nest. See also Unusual Seabird Breeding Behavior Mating Dances Booby Mating Dances Name Their name was possibly based on the Spanish language Spanish slang term bubie , meaning dunce cap dunce , as these tame birds had a habit of landing on board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten. Owing to this, boobies are often mentioned as having been caught ... thumb Red footed Booby and Nazca Booby File Red footed Booby Sula sula flying.jpg thumb left Red footed Booby Sula sula Six of the seven extant Sulidae species called boobies are in the genus ..., E. A. title Molecular Support for Species Status of the Nazca Booby journal The Auk volume 119 ... accessdate 2008 11 13 ref Abbott s Booby was formerly included in Sula but is now placed in a monotype ... of several Booby species on The Internet Bird Collection Pelecaniformes Category Boobies Category ... more details
Wiktionary booby boobie Booby or boobie plural, boobies is a type of seabird the term also refers colloquially to a woman s breast or a foolish person, as well as to Birds Booby Abbott s Booby Blue footed Booby Brown Booby Masked Booby Nazca Booby Peruvian Booby Red footed Booby Tasman Booby People Boobie Clark 1950 1988 , American football player Boobie Miles born 1970 , American football player Places BoobyIsland , Queensland, Australia BoobyIsland Light BoobyIsland Kimberley , Western Australia Booby s Bay , Cornwall, UK Fools and foolishness Booby trap Booby trap disambiguation Booby prize Media Booby Dupes , short film by The Three Stooges Bounce Your Boobies , song by Rusty Warren Hooray for Boobies , 1999 album by American rock band Bloodhound Gang The Booby and the Beast , episode of BBC television series Robin Hood See also Boob disambiguation Bubi disambiguation Intitle Booby Disambig ja ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 King Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is northeast of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island and Flinders Island, Queensland Flinders Island in the Flinders Group National Park . Coord 14.096 144.333 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Orphan date October 2006 att March 2011 Island Head is at the northern end of a mountainous peninsula on the Central Queensland, Australia Queensland coast between Yeppoon, Queensland Yeppoon and St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence . It has two natural harbours, Port Clinton, Queensland Port Clinton in the south and Island Head Creek, QueenslandIsland Head Creek in the north. The western side of the peninsula is Shoalwater Bay , a well known military training area. coord 22 19 51.08 S 150 39 39.8 E type landmark region AU display title Queensland geo stub Category Headlands of Queensland ... more details
Infobox Australian place type suburb name Clear Island Waters city Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast state qld image caption lga Gold Coast City postcode 4226 est pop 4,091 2006 ref name abs Census 2006 AUS id SSC32066 name Clear Island Waters State Suburb accessdate 2009 05 10 quick on ref area stategov Electoral district of Mermaid Beach Mermaid Beach fedgov Division of McPherson McPherson dist2 location2 dist1 location1 near nw Carrara, Queensland Carrara near n Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near ne Broadbeach Waters, Queensland Broadbeach Waters near w Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac near e Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters near sw Robina, Queensland Robina near s Robina, Queensland Robina near se Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the Census in Australia 2006 2006 Census , Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,091. The suburb is a mid to high socioeconomic residential area surrounding the artificial canals of Clear Island Lake and Boobegan Creek. Facilities Clear Island Waters is primarily a residential suburb, and most major facilities are accessible from adjacent suburbs. Surfside Buslines provide public transport throughout the city. Schools St Vincents Catholic Primary School is the only school in Clear Island Waters, located at the northeastern end of the suburb. High schools are located in adjacent suburbs in Mermaid Waters, Queensland Mermaid Waters , Robina, Queensland Robina , Merrimac, Queensland Merrimac and Carrara, Queensland Carrara . Golf courses Surfers Paradise Golf Club and Merrimac Golf Course are both located in Clear Island Waters. The surrounding suburbs also contain many golf courses. References reflist External links http queenslandplaces.com.au clear island waters University of QueenslandQueensland Places Clear Island Waters Localities in Gold Coast Category Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland GoldCoastQLD ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Watson Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the Southern most island in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km South East of Cape Melville , Queensland. This island is North West of Howick Island, Queensland Howick Island . Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 144.893 lat 14.465 Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland national park stub ... more details
Fisher Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park , Queensland , Australia . It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville . The island, along with neighbouring Baird Island Baird , Beesley IslandQueensland Beesley and Farmer IslandQueensland Farmer Islands , constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for Pied Imperial Pigeon s and Black Noddy Black Noddies . ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Piper Islands. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 19 09 2011. ref References reflist Coord 12.258 143.235 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of QueenslandQueensland national park stub id Pulau Fisher Queensland ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Pigeon Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Weymouth Bay North of Lockhart River, Queensland LockhartRiver and Iron Range National Park Cape York Peninsula , Queensland . The island is a few hundred metres from the mouth of the Pascoe River . Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category National parks of QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Low Island North Queensland is about 25 km north east of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . Low Island is part of the Low Isles. Low Isles consists of two islands, Woody Island, Queensland Woody Island an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle which is a smaller vegetated, sandy, coral cay surrounded by Convert 55 acre m2 of reef a typical tropical island like you see on the movies. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island on a daily basis via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessel can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station , an active lighthouse named Low Isles Light and the University of Queensland s research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkelling and diving. Wide image Low Isles panorama.jpg 1300 px Low Isles panorama. Low Island is on the right Coord 16.386 145.559 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands of Queensland Category Commonwealth Heritage List Queensland geo stub ... more details
for the National Park Fitzroy Island National Park Fitzroy Island originally Koba or Gabar is a continental island out from Djujbirri formally known as Cape Grafton , 29 km south east of Cairns , Queensland , Australia . See also Fitzroy Island National Park Portal Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub coord 16 56 S 146 00 E display title region AU type isle source GNS enwiki 1stVoyageCookAus Category Australian Aboriginal mythology Category Cultural Landscapes of North East Queensland Category Far North Queensland Category Islands of Queensland ... more details
other Coconut Island disambiguation Coconut Island Poruma Island, Puruma in the local language is an island 130km northeast of Thursday Island, Queensland Thursday Island , Queensland , Australia in the Great North East Channel near Cumberland Passage , Torres Strait . This island is one of the Torres Strait Islands . The population of the island is about 180 inhabitants. The ancestors of Coconut Island built their houses out of grass, coconut leaves and trees that floated down from the Fly River jungles of Papua New Guinea . The islands have sea turtle hatcheries, bird life, giant clam ground, huge palms, World War II relics and massive sand flats. Language The language of Puruma is the Kulkalgau Ya dialect of Kala Lagaw Ya . See also Coconut Island Airport External links http www.poruma.com The Poruma resort Portal Queensland Category Torres Strait Islands Queensland geo stub de Coconut Island ... more details
Woody Island is about convert 25 km 0 abbr on northeast of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas in Trinity Bay Queensland Trinity Bay , North Queensland . With the neighbouring Low Island, Queensland Low Island , it comprises the Low Isles. Woody Island is an uninhabited coral mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle, a typical tropical island with vegetation and a sandy, coral cay surrounded by convert 55 acre m2 of reef. The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessels can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station, a lighthouse and the University of Queensland have a research station. No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands the main activity is snorkeling and diving as the coral is excellent. Woody Island is listed as being the site of a United States Army Air Forces USAAF Douglas DB 7 A 20 A 20 Havoc crash in World War II . http home.st.net.au dunn ronqld.htm Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 145.569 lat 16.388 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 High Island , North Queensland, is part of the Frankland Islands , 30 km northeast of Babinda and southwest of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent and migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group, offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. The alternative name for this island is Caparra Island. The island was used as a filming location in Ocean Girl . Aerial photos and maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.010 lat 17.158 Category Islands of Queensland Category Far North Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Pig Island is a small island in far north Queensland , Australia 19 km North East of Cape Grenville in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland , Australia and is part of the Cockburn Islands Group. It is to the north of Bootie IslandQueensland Bootie Island , Manley Islet and Buchen Rock within the Cockburn Reef adjacent to Pollard Channel and next to the Sir Charles Hardy Islands, Queensland Sir Charles Hardy Islands . Coord 11.837 143.315 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title References references Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef ... more details
Snapper Island is an island at the mouth of the Daintree River in Queensland , Australia , some 20 km north of Port Douglas, Queensland Port Douglas . It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as the Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park ref sinpmp . Snapper Island is a popular tourism and sea kayaking destination. Indigenous culture The island is part of the traditional sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. The Kuku Yalanji people hunt and fish around the island and traditionally manage the island s culture Other history In the early 1900s, Jerry Doyle dn date November 2011 operated a lime kiln on the island, fired by wood from the Daintree, ferried over on a vessel called the Nellie . Beche de mer sea cucumbers processing boiling may also have been undertaken here. There is evidence of remains of an early Chinese market garden on the island, the watercourse stonework of which is still visible today. This island was a stopover by George Elphinstone Dalrymple before he discovered the Daintee River. http www.daintreecoast.com daintree.htm References note sinpmp State of Queensland Environmental Protection Agency 2003 . http www.epa.qld.gov.au publications p00141aa.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park.pdf Snapper Island National Park and Marine Park . Retrieved September 14, 2005. Coord 16.297 145.499 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Queensland geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Australian place type island name Flinders Island state qld image caption postcode pop pop footnotes est elevation coordinates coord 14 10 48 S 144 15 36 E display title,inline pushpin label position right latd 14 latm 10 lats 48 longd 144 longm 15 longs 36 maxtemp mintemp rainfall lga Cook Shire Council stategov Electoral district of Cook Cook fedgov Division of Leichhardt Leichardt dist1 dir1 location1 timezone utc timezone dst utc dst Flinders Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville , Queensland in Bathurst Bay . It is north of Denham Island, Queensland Denham Island in the Flinders Group National Park . It is separated from Stanley Island, Queensland Stanley Island by Owen Channel and Maclear Island by Fly Channel . In the nineteenth century it was one of the earliest centres recruiting lugger crews for the pearling trade. There is a major residential site on the sandspit. The island is a popular tourist destination with an anchorage point for yachts. Flinders Island is an integral part of the mythological complex of the Flinders Group. See also Flinders Island language References Reflist Queensland national park stub Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef id Pulau Flinders Queensland zh classical ... more details
Other uses Rattlesnake Island disambiguation Rattlesnake Island Infobox islands name Rattlesnake Island local name native name image name Palm Islands context map en.png thumb image caption Rattlesnake Island and surrounds click to zoom image size locator map map caption locator map size nickname location Halifax Bay coordinates Coord 19.033 146.610 format dms type isle region AU QLD display inline,title archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Australia additional info Rattlesnake Island is one of the island s South of the Palm Islands, Queensland Great Palm Island group, northwest of Magnetic Island and directly east of Rollingstone, Queensland Rollingstone in the Halifax Bay . RAAF Base Townsville No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF conducts live firing with Aircraft of the RAAF military aircraft on regular occasions. When the RAAF are not live firing, they also conduct survival courses on the island. ref Air Force News Feb 2002 , accessed May 2006 http www.defence.gov.au news raafnews editions 4403 story06.htm ref See also List of islands of Australia Queensland List of islands of Queensland References Reflist Great Palm Island group Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category North Queensland ... more details
supply for the island is rainwater which is stored in rainwater tanks. Ecology Natural Green turtle rookeries are located at Wreck IslandQueensland Wreck Island , West Fairfax and West Hoskyn Islands ... to the southern Great Barrier Reef, is found on the island. There are also Brown Booby breeding ...Infobox protected area of Australia name One Tree Island iucn category Ia image Australia Locator Map.svg caption locator x 260 locator y 87 nearest town or city Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone coordinates coord 23 30 30 S 152 05 30 E display inline,title region AU type isle name One Tree Island area ..., Department of Geology, University of Queensland, 8 3 1 85 http espace.library.uq.edu.au view UQ 10881 ref established visitation num visitation year managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife ... cays national park Capricornia Cays National Park One Tree Island is a small coral cay . It is located ... of Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone , Queensland , Australia , and 450 km north of the state capital Brisbane . The island is part of the Great Barrier Reef chain of islands, and is part of the Capricorn and Bunker Group of island and forms part of the Capricornia Cays National Park . It is also ... date ref General One Tree Island is a rubble or shingle cay at the eastern end of a coral reef which ... visible from the mainland, although Masthead Island may be viewed from Mount Larcom on a clear ... to expand and provide potential sites for the formation of cays. One Tree Island is a Shingle cay ... off the Queensland coast. ref http adbonline.anu.edu.au biogs A010163b.htm ref The Albion was 362 ... The island and reef are zoned for scientific research in a Zoning Plan under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act , 1975 Research station One Tree Island Research Station which was established in 1976 ... part of http sydney.edu.au science biology research oti One Tree Island Research Station The research ... and is cyclone resistant. The new buildings provide comfortable living on the island, with timber ... more details
File Pied Imperial pigeon Ducula bicolor National Aviary 1300px.jpg thumb right 200px The island is an important breeding site for Pied Imperial pigeons Night Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville , Queensland , Australia . It lies east of Coen between the first three mile opening and the second three mile opening of the Barrier Reef about 100 km south east of Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River . It is part of the Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area . ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Islands North of Port Stewart. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 07 12. ref References reflist Portal Queensland Coord 13.368 143.577 format dms type isle region AU QLD display title Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Important Bird Areas of Queensland Category Far North QueenslandQueensland national park stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Round Island North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands 30 km North East of Babinda and South West of Cairns . The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent & migratory marine life, especially the Green Sea Turtle which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. These islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. Aerial photos & maps Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 146.090 lat 17.217 Category Islands of QueenslandQueensland geo stub ... more details
Crab Island Moent Island is an uninhabited island west of Muttee Heads and the coastal community of Seisia which is adjacent to Bamaga, Queensland Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait Queensland , Australia in the Torres Strait . It has an area of 2.62207 km 262.207 hectare s or 647.905 acres ref http www.cmar.csiro.au datacentre torres AFMA1980 2003 DVDVer101 Reports tst atlas svgmap Torres Strait Atlas.htm ref . The distance to the closest mainland close to Slade Point is 1.4 kilometers. Crab Island lies between Australia and the Melanesia n island of New Guinea in the southwestern part of the Torres Strait , facing the Arafura Sea to the west. It is the most significant breeding ground of the Flatback Turtle Chelonia depressa and occasional nesting by Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepidochelys olivacea . This island is south of the Torres Strait Islands Aerial photos & maps Empty section date July 2010 References reflist Geolinks AUS suburbscale long 142.106 lat 10.973 Category Torres Strait Islands Category Uninhabited islands of Australia Queensland geo stub de Crab Island Torres Strait ... more details
Infobox islands name Kent Island native name or local name to remove the native name prefix sobriquet ... location Coral Sea coordinates archipelago Barnard Island Group National Park Barnard Island Group total ... divisions title State country admin divisions Queensland country admin divisions title 1 Region country admin divisions 1 Far North Queensland country admin divisions title 2 Local Government Area country ... km2 density footnotes ethnic groups website additional info Kent Island is about 80 km North of Dunk Island and east of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation Cowley Beach Training area and north of the Barnard Island Group National Park South Barnard Islands . North west of Kent Island is Jessie Island , Hutchinson Island and Bresnahan Island. Geography The island is part of the Barnard Island Group National Park North Barnard Islands which includes a total of five islands. ref name nch cite web url http www.derm.qld.gov.au parks barnard island culture.html title Barnard Island ... and Resource Management accessdate 25 October 2011 ref These islands are high continental island s which rise from the seafloor. ref name nch History The waters around the island were inhabited by the Mamu people. ref name nch A small lighthouse was built on the island in 1897. ref name nch Protected area Kent Island is protected by the Department of Environment and Resource Management because migratory birds rest here. Recreational activities The island is also a site for popular tourist kayaking and there have been sightings of humpback whale s. Camping is permitted on the island. ref name qh cite web url http www.queenslandholidays.com.au things to see and do barnard island group national park index.cfm title Things To See and Do Barnard Island Group National Park author date work Queensland Holidays publisher Tourism Queensland accessdate 25 October 2011 ref See also Portal Queensland List of islands of Australia Protected areas of Queensland References Reflist Coord 17.676 146.180 ... more details
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