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Storr Island

Coordinates: 15°56′29″S 124°33′57″E / 15.94126736°S 124.5658727°E / -15.94126736; 124.5658727
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Storr
Storr is located in Western Australia
Storr
Storr
Geography
Coordinates15°56′29″S 124°33′57″E / 15.94126736°S 124.5658727°E / -15.94126736; 124.5658727
Area1,896 ha (4,690 acres)
Administration
Australia
Demographics
Population0

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

It is situated between Doubtful Bay and George Water, near the intersection of the Sale and Glenelg rivers. Storr Island is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north west of Bardi. The island encompasses an area of 1,896 hectares (4,685 acres).[1]

Fauna found on the island include the golden bandicoot and many types of birds including the pied imperial pigeon, sulphur-crested cockatoo, brown honeyeater, white-gaped honeyeater, white-lined honeyeater, silver-crowned friarbird, mangrove golden whistler, leaden flycatcher, northern fantail, black-faced cuckoo-shrike, varied triller and the great bowerbird.[1]

The traditional owners of the area are the Dambimangari peoples of the Worrorra language group. Their name for the island is Yudawala or Yeewadan Ganjal.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Status Performance Assessment: Biodiversity conservation of Western Australian Islands" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ T. Vigilante; et al. (2013). "Biodiversity values on selected Kimberley Islands, Australia" (PDF). Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2014.