Anser Island Explained

Anser Island
Etymology:Anserinae, Cape Barren goose
Map:Australia Victoria South Gippsland Shire
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-39.1407°N 146.3223°W
Area Ha:74
Length Km:1.8
Width Km:1.0
Elevation M:152
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Victoria

Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[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. It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]

The island was named by Lieutenant H. J. Stanley, who surveyed the islands west and south of WilsonsPromontory in 1868, probably after the Cape Barren goose (subfamily Anserinae).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Harris . M. P. . Brown . R. S. . Deerson . M. P. . Norman . F. I. . Seabird Islands No 89, Anser Island, Anser Group, Victoria . Corella . 4 . 4 . 83–84 . November 1980 . 11 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303174213/http://absa.asn.au/Seabird%20Islands/PDF%20files/89%20Anser%20Is,%20Anser%20Group.PDF . 3 March 2014 . dead .
  2. Web site: Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet . 2017 . BirdLife International.
  3. Web site: Bird . Eric . 12 October 2006 . Place Names on the Coast of Victoria . The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS) . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218121208/http://www.anps.org.au/documents/VIC_coastal.pdf . 18 February 2011 . dead . dmy .