Waterhouse Island (other)

	Waterhouse Island (other) Waterhouse Island may refer to: * Little Waterhouse Island, Australia * Waterhouse Island (Tasmania), Australia * Waterhouse Island (Antarctica), a small island near Davis Station The Davis Station, commonly called Davis, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Davis is situated on the coast of Cooperation Sea in Princess Elizabeth Land, ... named for Medical Officer Dr Robbin Waterhouse in 1971. {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Little Waterhouse Island The Little Waterhouse Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The Waterhouse Island Group includes the Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet, Foster, St Helens, Ninth, Tenth, Paddys, Maclean, and Baynes islands and the Bird Rock, and George Rocks islets with their associated reefs. Most of the island is bare rock.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. The island forms part of the Ninth and Little Waterhouse Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants. Fauna As well as black-faced cormorants, recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Waterhouse Island (Tasmania) Waterhouse Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The Waterhouse Island Group includes the Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet, Foster, St Helens, Ninth, Tenth, Paddys, Maclean, and Baynes islands and the Bird Rock, and George Rocks islets with their associated reefs. Location and features The large inland portion of Waterhouse Island is privately owned under freehold tenure. On 28 September 2011, of the island was proclaimed as the Waterhouse Island Conservation Area. This conservation area surrounds almost all of the island from the low-water mark to approximately inshore, as well as a region at the northern tip. A small sandy spit on the eastern coastline does not appear to be encapsulated by this conservation area and the tenure of this sandy spit remains uncertain. A lighthouse is located on of crown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Waterhouse Island (Antarctica) Waterhouse Island is an island in Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It lies just SSW of Lugg Island, and about 3.5 km NNW of Australia's Davis Station on Broad Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. It was named after R.S. Waterhouse, a Medical Officer at Davis in 1971. Important Bird Area The island forms part of the Magnetic Island and nearby islands Important Bird Area (IBA), comprising Magnetic, Turner, Waterhouse, Lugg, Boyd and Bluff Islands, along with intervening islands and marine area. The site was designated an IBA by BirdLife International because it supports large colonies of Adélie penguin The Adélie penguin (''Pygoscelis adeliae'') is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found. It is the most widespread penguin species, and, along with the emperor p ...s totalling some 29,000 breeding pairs, based on 2012 satellite imagery. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]