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Cleft Island (Victoria)

This article is about the island off Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. For other uses, see Cleft Island.

Cleft Island
Nickname: Skull Rock
Cleft Island (Skull Rock) - Cavity
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
Length300 m (1000 ft)
Width200 m (700 ft)
Administration
Australia
StateVictoria

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 130 metres (430 ft) wide and 60 metres (200 ft) tall.[3]

Only 9 people have ventured into the cavern, finding "old cannon balls left by passing ships practicing their aim"[citation needed]. Adventurers had to land on the top of the rock by helicopter, then they shimmied down ropes to gain entrance to the cave. [citation needed].

References

  1. ^ 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
  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". 11 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleft_Island_(Victoria)