Cleft Island (Victoria)
Nickname: Skull Rock | |
|---|---|
  Cleft Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 39°9′27″S 146°17′42″E / 39.15750°S 146.29500°E |
| Length | 300 m (1000 ft) |
| Width | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
Cleft Island, also known as Skull Rock, is a small, rugged, granite island in the Anser group of islands to the south-west of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.
The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]
It is partially hollowed out by ancient waves, creating a cave 130m wide and 60m tall.[3]
References
- ^ 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
- ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.
- ^ "Neil Oliver shares new Coast stories and goes places few others have ever ventured". 11 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
| Near East Gippsland | |
|---|---|
| Near Corner Inlet | |
| Near Wilsons Promontory | |
| In Western Port | |
| In Port Phillip | |
| Near Portland Bay | |
| In rivers | |
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