Anser Island

Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[2]

Anser Island
Anser Island
EtymologyAnserinae, Cape Barren goose[1]
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E
Area74 ha (180 acres)[2]
Length1.8 km (1.12 mi)[2]
Width1.0 km (0.62 mi)[2]
Highest elevation152 m (499 ft)[2]
Administration
Australia
StateVictoria

The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[3] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[4]

The island was named by Lieutenant H. J. Stanley, who surveyed the islands west and south of Wilsons Promontory in 1868, probably after the Cape Barren goose (subfamily Anserinae).[1]

References
  1. Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2011.
  2. Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, M. P.; Norman, F. I. (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 89, Anser Island, Anser Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012, retrieved 24 July 2017
  4. "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.


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