Quail Island

	Quail Island Quail Island is the name of various locations: * Quail Island (New Zealand), in Canterbury An islet in Palmyra Atoll, US Minor Outlying Islands Quail Island (Victoria) Quail Island is the third largest island in Western Port (after Phillip Island and French Island). It is uninhabited, the entirety of it being gazetted as Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve. Its eastern coastline is offshore from Warne ..., Australia * Quail Island (Northern Territory), Australia * Quail Island, Cape Verde, near Praia, the capital of Cape Verde {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quail Island (New Zealand) Quail Island is the name of various locations: * Quail Island (New Zealand), in Canterbury An islet in Palmyra Atoll, US Minor Outlying Islands Quail Island (Victoria) Quail Island is the third largest island in Western Port (after Phillip Island and French Island). It is uninhabited, the entirety of it being gazetted as Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve. Its eastern coastline is offshore from Warne ..., Australia * Quail Island (Northern Territory), Australia * Quail Island, Cape Verde, near Praia, the capital of Cape Verde {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Palmyra Atoll Palmyra Atoll (), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Line Islands, Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. North America is about northeast and New Zealand the same distance southwest, placing the atoll at the approximate center of the Pacific Ocean. The land area is , with about 9 miles (14 km) of sea-facing coastline and reef. There is one boat Anchorage (maritime), anchorage known as West Lagoon, accessible from the sea by a narrow artificial channel. It is the second-to-northernmost of the Line Islands, and one of three American islands in the archipelago, along with Jarvis Island and Kingman Reef. Palmyra Atoll is part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, the world's largest marine protected area. The atoll is composed of submerged sand flats along with dry land and reefs. It consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Quail Island (Victoria) Quail Island is the third largest island in Western Port (after Phillip Island and French Island). It is uninhabited, the entirety of it being gazetted as Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve. Its eastern coastline is offshore from Warneet from which it may be accessed by boat. There are two seasonal dams located in the centre. The southern brown bandicoot The southern brown bandicoot (''Isoodon obesulus'') is a short-nosed bandicoot, a type of marsupial, found mostly in southern Australia. It is also known as the quenda in South Western Australia (from the Noongar word ''). Taxonomy George Shaw ... has been found on the island. External linksAn account of a researcher's visit to Quail Island Islands of Victoria (Australia) Western Port Mornington Peninsula Uninhabited islands of Australia {{Gippsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quail Island (Northern Territory) Quail Island is an island in the Northern Territory of Australia in the Beagle Gulf about from the territory capital of Darwin. Quail Island belongs to the Quail Island Group. The other two islands in the archipelago are Bare Sand Island (southwest of Quail Island) and Djadjalbit Island (south). The islands are known for being a breeding ground for flatback turtles. History On 9 October 1881 when ''SS Brisbane'', an 85.8 metres long passenger, cargo and mail ship, built by A & J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, struck the nearby ''Fish Reef'', while heading there with cargo from Hong Kong. Quail Island Air Weapons Range The Quail Island Air Weapons Range was used a training ground for defense forces from 1945 to 1979. There are large munitions scattered around the island as a result. A three-year clean-up began in 2011 to remove hazards such as unexploded ordnance. Visitors such as tourists and recreational anglers have been banned from the islands during the clean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quail Island, Cape Verde Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey, or bevy. Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New World quail are placed in the family Odontophoridae. The species of buttonquail are named for their superficial resemblance to quail, and form the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes. The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption, and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population, or extend into areas outside their natural range. In 2007, 40 million quail were produced in the U.S. New World Genus ''Callipepla'' Scaled quail, (commonly called blue quail) ''Callipepla squamata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]