Edwards Island (Western Australia) Explained

Edwards Island, also known as Edward Island, is an island in Western Australia near Lancelin.

The island occupies an area of 0.454ha with a maximum elevation of 5m (16feet) and is situated approximately 100m (300feet) off the coast. It is composed of limestone and is linked to Lancelin Island by intertidal and subtidal reef platforms. Both islands are gazetted as A Class nature reserves.^[1]

Along with Lancelin Island it is at the southern end of the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of 150km (90miles).^[2]

The first European to discover the island was the French explorer Hamelin in 1801 aboard the Naturalist, who named Lancelin Island.^[3]

See also

• List of islands of Western Australia

References

-31.03°N 115.3231°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final Plan of Management for the Lancelin Island Lagoon Fish Habitat Protection Area . 1 March 2001 . 6 December 2015 . Fisheries Western Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045706/http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/management_papers/fmp149.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dmy .
2. Web site: Turquoise Coast islands nature reserves management plan. 2004. 5 December 2015. Government of Western Australia.
3. Web site: History of Lancelin . 6 December 2015 . Lancelin Community Resource Centre . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208061606/http://lancelin.crc.net.au/OurCommunity/Pages/History-of-Lancelin.aspx . 8 December 2015 . dmy .