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Great Glennie Island

Coordinates: 39°5′6″S 146°13′52″E / 39.08500°S 146.23111°E / -39.08500; 146.23111
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Great Glennie Island
Great Glennie Island is located in South Gippsland Shire
Great Glennie Island
Great Glennie Island
EtymologyGeorge Glennie, by James Grant in Lady Nelson (1800)
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°5′6″S 146°13′52″E / 39.08500°S 146.23111°E / -39.08500; 146.23111
Administration
Australia

Great Glennie Island is a small, rugged, granite island in the Glennie group of islands off the west coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.[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]

The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant, in Lady Nelson, on 10 December 1800 and named "after Mr. George Glennie, a particular friend of Captain Schank’s, to whom I was under personal obligations".[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Wainer, J (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 94, Great Glennie Island, Glennie Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 93–95.
  2. ^ "IBA: Wilsons Promontory Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-11-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Eccleston, Gregory C. (2012). The Early Charting of Victoria's Coastline. Australian and New Zealand Map Society. p. 23.
  4. ^ Grant, James (1803). The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen: with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. Printed by C. Roworth for T. Egerton. p. 79.