Cervantes Islands
Cervantes Islands
Location of Cervantes Islands in Western Australia
The Cervantes Islands are a small group of islands in Western Australia, found to the south west of Cervantes.
Island group
The Cervantes Islands are a group of three individual islands:
- North Cervantes Island with an area of 284 hectares (701.8 acres) located 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) from the mainland with a maximum elevation of 8 metres (26 ft)
- Middle Cervantes Island with an area of 0.45 ha (1.1 acres) located 2.6 km (1.6 mi) from the mainland.
- South Cervantes Island with an area of 0.71 ha (1.8 acres) located 2.7 km (1.7 mi) from the mainland.[1]
The group sits within the Jurien Bay Marine Park[2] and the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of 150 kilometres (93 mi).[1]
The islands are named for an American whaling ship that was wrecked off the North island in 1844.[3] The ship was named after the writer Miguel de Cervantes.[4]
The Australian sea lion is known to inhabit the islands.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Turquoise Coast islands nature reserves management plan" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Nambung National Park, Hangover Bay and Kangaroo Point". Pinnacles Visitor Centre. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Shipwrecks Audio Transcript - Tilting at whales". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Maria Elena Knolle Cano. "The Spanish vs the Australian Cervantes". Spanish Australia Magazine. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Seal Watching Tours". Lobster Shack. 2015.
Coordinates: 30°31′25″S 115°2′40″E / 30.52361°S 115.04444°E
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