Farmer Island Explained

Farmer Island
Location:Northern Australia
Area Km2:0.05
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Queensland

Farmer Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Kutini-Payamu National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville. The island, along with neighbouring Baird, Beesley and Fisher Islands, constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for pied imperial pigeons and black noddies.[1] It is around 5 hectares or 0.05 square km in size.[2]

Notes and References

  1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from Web site: BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds . 2012-12-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ . 2007-07-10 . on 19/09/2011.
  2. Web site: Map of Farmer Island, QLD.