Katers Island Explained

Katers
Map:	Western Australia
Coordinates:	-14.4637°N 125.5336°W
Total Islands:	1
Area Ha:	1718
Elevation M:	101
Country:	Australia
Population:	0

Katers Island is an uninhabited island located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The island encompasses an area of 1718ha.^[1] Found approximately 1.4km (00.9miles) off-shore the island has a maximum elevation of 101m (331feet) it is composed of scarp country with massive scree and deep joints.^[2]

A new species of Rock Wallaby, Petrogale burbidgei. was discovered on Katers and other islands in the archipelago in 1977.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Status Performance Assessment: Biodiversity conservation of Western Australian Islands. 1 April 2010. 14 August 2014. Government of Western Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20180314234512/https://www.conservation.wa.gov.au/media/8919/final%20version_14april2010.pdf. 14 March 2018. dead.
2. Web site: Biodiversity values on selected Kimberley Islands, Western Australia. L. A. Gibson. 2010. 14 August 2014. Western Australian Museum.
3. Web site: Petrogale burbidgei, a new species of Rock Wallaby from Kimberley, Western Australia. D. J. Kitchener and G. Sanson. 30 June 1978. 14 August 2014. Western Australian Museum.