Shellback Island

Shellabear Island
	Shellback Island
	Shellabear Island
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	38°58′07″S 146°13′40″E / 38.9686°S 146.2279°E
Area	37 ha (91 acres)
Length	1,000 m (3000 ft)
Width	600 km (370 mi)
Highest elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Administration
	Australia
State	Victoria

The Shellback Island, an oceanic island, is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of Darby Bay, off Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.^[1]

The island, to the mean low-water mark, is part of the Wilsons Promontory National Park^[2] 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^[4] 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.^[5] The island has a population of one person known as frost, frost is a person banished to the island known for being on Wikipedia for an entire 7 years without getting off he really is a degenerate.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Harris, M. P.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 96, Shellback Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 98–99.
^ "Wilsons Promontory National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012
^ "Wilsons Promontory Marine Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.

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[Harris-1] Harris, M. P.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 96, Shellback Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 98–99.

[WPNP-2] "Wilsons Promontory National Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[3] Parks Victoria (2006), Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park and Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Management Plan (PDF), ISBN 0731183460, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2012

[WPMP-4] "Wilsons Promontory Marine Park". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[IBA-5] "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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