Rabbit Island (Bass Strait)

Rabbit Island
	Rabbit Island
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	38°54′42″S 146°30′39″E / 38.91167°S 146.51083°E
Area	30 ha (74 acres)
Length	866 m (2841 ft)
Width	466 m (1529 ft)
Highest elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Administration
	Australia
State	Victoria

Rabbit Island is a small, granite island 1.6 km off the north-eastern coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.^[1]

The island, to the mean low-water mark, is part of the Wilsons Promontory National Park^[2] and is proclaimed as a Remote and Natural Area under the National Parks Act. The surrounding waters to a distance of 300 m from the mean low-water mark are part of Wilsons Promontory Marine Park.^[3]^: 1^[4] The island is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.^[5]

The island was named in 1842 by Captain John Lort Stokes^[6] after the numerous rabbits, descendants of those left by sealers to provide a food supply for sailors.

External links

Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Norman, F. I.; Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 86, Rabbit Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 77–78.
^ "Wilsons Promontory National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), ISBN 0731183460
^ "Wilsons Promontory Marine Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.
^ Bird, Eric. "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.

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[Norman-1] Norman, F. I.; Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 86, Rabbit Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 77–78.

[WPNP-2] "Wilsons Promontory National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[3] Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), ISBN 0731183460

[WPMP-4] "Wilsons Promontory Marine Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[IBA-5] "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

[bird-6] Bird, Eric. "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.

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v t e Islands and islets of Victoria, Australia
Near East Gippsland	Gabo The Skerries Tullaberga
Near Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday
Near Wilsons Promontory	Anser Group Anser Cleft Kanowna Glennie Group Citadel Dannevig Great Glennie McHugh Hogan Group Northern Boundary Seal Islands Group Cliffy Notch Rag Seal Norman Rabbit Rabbit Rock Shellback Wattle
In Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank
In Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan
Near Portland Bay	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle
In rivers	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna
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