Farmer Island

Farmer Island
Geography
Location Northern Australia
Coordinates 12°14′38″S 143°13′34″E / 12.244°S 143.226°E / -12.244; 143.226Coordinates: 12°14′38″S 143°13′34″E / 12.244°S 143.226°E / -12.244; 143.226
Area 0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi)
Administration
State Queensland

Farmer Island is an island in the Piper Islands National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. It is located in Temple Bay about 100 km northeast of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River and 50 km south of Cape Grenville. The island, along with neighbouring Baird, Beesley and Fisher Islands, constitutes the Piper Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for pied imperial pigeons and black noddies.[1] It is around 5 hectares or 0.05 square km in size.[2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Piper Islands. Downloaded from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20. on 19/09/2011.
  2. ↑ "Map of Farmer Island, QLD".


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