Kanowna Island

Kanowna Island
Geography
Kanowna Island
Etymology	TSS Kanowna, wrecked nearby in 1929
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	39°09′17″S 146°18′39″E / 39.1547°S 146.3108°E / -39.1547; 146.3108
Administration
Australia
State	Victoria

Kanowna Island, an oceanic island, is located off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in 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

^ 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. doi:10.1071/MF09213.
^ 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 12 May 2018, retrieved 24 July 2017
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

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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