Eagle Island is about 200 metres (660 ft) from Eagle Bluff on the Peron Peninsula in Shark Bay World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
It is a sand island with an area of about 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft), and an elevation of 8 metres (26 ft).
The island's vegetation is a closed heath, of which the dominant plant species is Nitraria billardierei (nitre bush). Other plant species include Limonium salicorniaceum; Sporobulus virginicus; species of Calandrinia, Pelargonium, Poa and Selenothamnus; and an introduced species of Chenopodium. Silver gulls nest on the island, and a small number of pied cormorants roost there.
See also
editReferences
edit- Eagle Island in the Gazetteer of Australia online
- Abbott, Ian (1980). "The Floras of 37 South-western Australian Islands". Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes (3): 19–36.
26°05′S 113°35′E / 26.083°S 113.583°E
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