Kanowna Island

Island in Victoria, Australia

39°09′17″S 146°18′39″E / 39.1547°S 146.3108°E / -39.1547; 146.3108Administration
Australia
StateVictoria

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2018, retrieved 24 July 2017
  3. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.
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