Kanowna Island

Coordinates: 39°09′17″S 146°18′39″E / 39.1547°S 146.3108°E / -39.1547; 146.3108
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Kanowna Island
Victoria

Kanowna Island, an

Victoria, Australia. It is home to a significant breeding colonies of Australian fur seal, with an estimated 15000 seals (13.3% of the population) in 2010.[1]

The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[2] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kirkwood, Roger; Pemberton, David; Gales, Rosemary; Hoskins, Andrew J.; Mitchell, Tony; Shaughnessy, Peter D.; Arnould, John P. Y. (2010). "Continued population recovery by Australian fur seals". Marine and Freshwater Research. 61 (6): 695–701. .
  2. ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original
    (PDF) on 12 May 2018, retrieved 24 July 2017
  3. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.