Etymology | Anserinae, Cape Barren goose[1] |
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Geography | |
Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 39°8′26.69″S 146°19′20.25″E / 39.1407472°S 146.3222917°E |
Area | 74 ha (180 acres)[2] |
Length | 1.8 km (1.12 mi)[2] |
Width | 1.0 km (0.62 mi)[2] |
Highest elevation | 152 m (499 ft)[2] |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Victoria |
Anser Island lies off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[2]
The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[3] It 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 was named by Lieutenant H. J. Stanley, who surveyed the islands west and south of Wilsons Promontory in 1868, probably after the Cape Barren goose (subfamily Anserinae).[1]