Eagle Island (Western Australia)
- Eagle Island (Western Australia)
Eagle Island is located at coord|26|05|S|113|35|E|region:AU_type:isle, about 200 metres from Eagle Bluff on the Peron Peninsula in Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
It is a sand island with an area of about 1000 square metres (11000 ft²), and an elevation of eight metres (26 ft).
The island's vegetation is a closed heath, of which the dominant plant species is "Nitraria billardierei" (Nitre Bush). Other plant species include "Limonium salicorniaceum"; "Sporobulus virginicus"; species of "Calandrinia", "Pelargonium", "Poa" and "Selenothamnus"; and an introduced species of "Chenopodium". Silver Gulls nest on the island, and a small number of Pied Cormorants roost there.
References
* [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=267364 Eagle Island] in the Gazetteer of Australia [http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ online]
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ee also
* List of islands of Western Australia
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