Cull Island, also known as Culls Island and Gull Island, is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

off the south coast of

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 ...

in the

Recherche Archipelago The Archipelago of the Recherche, known locally as the Bay of Isles, is a group of 105 islands, and over 1200 "obstacles to shipping", off the south coast of Western Australia. The islands stretch from east to west and to off-shore encom ...

. It is located about southeast of Esperance and occupies an area of . Cull Island is uninhabited but is home to a group of wild goats which roam the island. It also has a colony of

little penguins The little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as little blue penguins or blue penguins owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name . The Australian ...

and is one of the main nesting grounds for the

Cape Barren goose The Cape Barren goose (''Cereopsis novaehollandiae'') is a large goose resident in southern Australia. Etymology The species' common name is derived from Cape Barren Island, where specimens were first sighted by European explorers. It is know ...

. An unmanned lighthouse is located in the centre of the island on a white hut about high. It was installed with an acetylene-powered light in 1965 but was converted to an automatic solar-powered flashing light in 1984. On 5 January 2020, Gary Johnson a local Esperance diver was killed by a

great white shark The great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large Lamniformes, mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major ocean ...

while diving at Cull Island.Diver dies after shark attack at Cull Island, Western Australia
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{{WesternAustralia-geo-stub Recherche Archipelago Uninhabited islands of Australia

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