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Cleft Island (Victoria)

Coordinates: 39°9′27″S 146°17′42″E / 39.15750°S 146.29500°E / -39.15750; 146.29500
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Cleft Island
Nickname: Skull Rock
Cleft Island is located in South Gippsland Shire
Cleft Island
Cleft Island
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°9′27″S 146°17′42″E / 39.15750°S 146.29500°E / -39.15750; 146.29500
Administration
Australia

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

  1. ^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), p. 1, ISBN 0731183460
  2. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.
  3. ^ "Neil Oliver shares new Coast stories and goes places few others have ever ventured". January 11, 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.