Whitlock Island

For the island in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, see Whitlock Island (Carnarvon).
Whitlock Island
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Geography
LocationIndian Ocean
Coordinates30°19′12″S 114°59′32″E / 30.32000°S 114.99222°E / -30.32000; 114.99222
Administration
StateWestern Australia
LGAShire of Dandaragan

Whitlock Island is an island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia. It is located within the Jurien Bay Marine Park and part of the Boullanger, Whitlock, Favourite, Tern and Osprey Islands Nature Reserve.[1][2]

The island has an area of 5.24 hectares (13 acres), is located 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) from the mainland, at the southern end of Jurien Bay, and has a maximum elevation of 10 metres (33 ft).[3]

The island is part of the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of 150 kilometres (93 mi).[3]

A population of Jurien Bay skinks, a threatened species, is known to inhabit the island.[4] Dibblers were discovered on Boullager and Whitlock Islands in 1985; they represent the only original island populations of the species left.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marine CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Turquoise Coast islands nature reserves management plan" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Advice to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) on Amendment to the list of Threatened Species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 10 December 2015.