Cervantes Islands Nature Reserve

The Cervantes Islands are a small group of islands in Western Australia, found to the south west of the locality of Cervantes. They are approximately 180km north west of Perth. They are from Thirsty Point which is at the southern side of the locality.

Island group

The Cervantes Islands are a group of three individual islands:
* North Cervantes Island with an area of located from the mainland with a maximum elevation of
* Middle Cervantes Island with an area of located from the mainland.
* South Cervantes Island with an area of located from the mainland.

The group sits within the Jurien Bay Marine Park and the Turquoise Coast islands group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of . The islands are located in the Cervantes Islands Nature Reserve, which was declared in 1968.

The islands are named for an American whaling ship that was wrecked off the North island in June 1844. The ship was named after the writer Miguel de Cervantes.

The Australian sea lion is known to inhabit the islands.

See also

* List of islands of Western Australia

References

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Turquoise Coast (Western Australia)
Nature reserves in Western Australia
Islands of the Wheatbelt (Western Australia)