Norman Island (Victoria)

Norman Island
	Norman Island in the distance seen from the summit of Mt Oberon
	Norman Island
Etymology	William Henry Norman
Geography
Location	Wilsons Promontory
Coordinates	39°01′17″S 146°14′29″E / 39.02125°S 146.24125°E
Area	48 ha (120 acres)
Length	1,400 m (4600 ft)
Width	6.5 km (4.04 mi)
Highest elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Administration
	Australia
State	Victoria

Norman Island, an oceanic island, is located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Picnic Point, Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.^[2]

The island, to the mean low-water mark, is part of the Wilsons Promontory National Park and is proclaimed as a Remote and Natural Area under the National Parks Act. The surrounding waters to a distance of 300 m from the mean low-water mark are part of Wilsons Promontory Marine Park.^[3]^: 1 The island is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.^[4]

The island is named after Captain William Henry Norman, who brought Sir Charles Hotham to Melbourne in Queen of the South in 1854, and later served as commander of HMVS Victoria.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Norman, F. I.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 95, Norman Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 96–97.
^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2018, retrieved 24 July 2017
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

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v t e Islands and islets of Victoria, Australia
Near East Gippsland	Gabo The Skerries Tullaberga
Near Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday
Near Wilsons Promontory	Anser Group Anser Cleft Kanowna Glennie Group Citadel Dannevig Great Glennie McHugh Hogan Group Northern Boundary Seal Islands Group Cliffy Notch Rag Seal Norman Rabbit Rabbit Rock Shellback Wattle
In Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank
In Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan
Near Portland Bay	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle
In rivers	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna
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