Farmer Island
Geography | |
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Location | Northern Australia |
Coordinates | 12°14′38″S 143°13′34″E / 12.244°S 143.226°ECoordinates: 12°14′38″S 143°13′34″E / 12.244°S 143.226°E |
Area | 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi) |
Administration | |
State | Queensland |
Farmer Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville. The island, along with neighbouring Baird, Beesley and Fisher Islands, constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for pied imperial pigeons and black noddies.[1] It is around 5 hectares or 0.05 square km in size.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) on 19/09/2011. - ^ "Map of Farmer Island, QLD".
Categories:
- Islands on the Great Barrier Reef
- Important Bird Areas of Queensland
- Uninhabited islands of Australia
- Islands of Far North Queensland
- Protected areas of Far North Queensland
- Queensland protected area stubs