Anser Island

Anser Island
	Anser Island
Etymology	Anserinae, Cape Barren goose
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E / 39.1407472°S 146.3222917°ECoordinates: 39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E / 39.1407472°S 146.3222917°E
Area	74 ha (180 acres)
Length	1.8 km (1.12 mi)
Width	1.0 km (0.62 mi)
Highest elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Administration
	Australia
State	Victoria

Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.^[2]

The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.^[3] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.^[4]

The island was named by Lieutenant H. J. Stanley, who surveyed the islands west and south of Wilsons Promontory in 1868, probably after the Cape Barren goose (subfamily Anserinae).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, M. P.; Norman, F. I. (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 89, Anser Island, Anser Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012, retrieved 24 July 2017
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

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[bird-1] Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2011.

[Harris-2] Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, M. P.; Norman, F. I. (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 89, Anser Island, Anser Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[3] Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012, retrieved 24 July 2017

[IBA-4] "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

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v t 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 Phillip Quail Ram Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock
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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Geography
Anser Island
Etymology	Anserinae, Cape Barren goose^[1]
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E / 39.1407472°S 146.3222917°E / -39.1407472; 146.3222917Coordinates: 39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E / 39.1407472°S 146.3222917°E / -39.1407472; 146.3222917
Area	74 ha (180 acres)^[2]
Length	1.8 km (1.12 mi)^[2]
Width	1.0 km (0.62 mi)^[2]
Highest elevation	152 m (499 ft)^[2]
Administration
Australia
State	Victoria