Farmer Island

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 Iron Range 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]

Farmer Island
Geography
LocationNorthern Australia
Coordinates12.244°S 143.226°E / -12.244; 143.226
Area0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi)
Administration
StateQueensland

References

  1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) on 19/09/2011.
  2. "Map of Farmer Island, QLD".


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