Bird Island is the name of three islands in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. Two are in the
Kimberley region, and the third is off the coast of
Rockingham, about south of
Garden Island (Western Australia)
Garden Island (Noongar: ''Meandup'' or ''Meeandip'') is a narrow island about long and wide, lying about off the Western Australian coast, to which it is linked by an artificial causeway and bridge.
Like Rottnest Island and Carnac Island, it ...
.
Gazetteer of Australia
The Gazetteer of Australia is an index or dictionary of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. Geographic names include towns, suburbs and roads, plus geographical features such as hills, rivers, and lakes.
The index is ...
(1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.
Perth region
The southernmost of the islands is about long (east to west) and up to wide, and is at about off the southern coast of
Cape Peron. Nearby islands to the south are
Seal Island and
Penguin Island, and as mentioned,
Garden Island to the north.
Kimberley region
The northern pair of islands are about east-west of each other. The nearest settlement is
Kalumburu, the northernmost settlement in Western Australia. The islands are several hundred kilometers north-east of
Broome.
The western island at is one of about 3 dozen islands around the mouth of the
Admiralty Gulf
Admiralty Gulf is a gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia that opens into the Indian Ocean.
Description
The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the north and Bigge Point to the south. The nearest populated place is Ka ...
which include the Montesquieu group of islands, the Kingsmill Islands and the
Low Rocks and Sterna Island Important Bird Area. The island is roughly circular, about in diameter.
The eastern island at is approximately T-shaped, the two axes being about long. It is located near the Louis Islands in the gulf at the mouth of the
King Edward River
The King Edward River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise below Poonjurra Hill and flows in a northerly direction almost parallel with the Kalumburu Road and eventually discharges into De ...
, near the
Mungalalu Truscott Airbase
Mungalalu Truscott Airbase or Truscott-Mungalalu Airport , which during World War II was known as Truscott Airfield (or usually just simply referred to as Truscott) is today a commercial airport in the remote Kimberley region of Western Austra ...
.
See also
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Islands of Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia hosts a variety of unique and biologically diverse habitats found nowhere else on Earth. Many of these habitats include islands. Islands provide habitat and safe refuge for endangered native fauna as they are free of in ...
*
Whitsunday Islands
The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Brisbane. The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are ...
References
Islands of the Perth region (Western Australia)
Islands of the Kimberley (Western Australia)
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