Cleft Island (Victoria)
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Nickname: Skull Rock | |
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_-_Cavity.jpg) Cleft Island (Skull Rock) - Cavity | |
  Cleft Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 39°9′27″S 146°17′42″E / 39.15750°S 146.29500°E |
| Length | 300 m (1000 ft) |
| Width | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
Cleft Island, also known as Skull Rock, is a small, rugged, granite island in the Anser group of islands to the south-west of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.
The island is within Wilsons Promontory National Park. The surrounding waters to the mean high-water mark are within Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park.[1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]
It is partially hollowed out by ancient waves, creating a cave 130 metres (430 ft) wide and 60 metres (200 ft) tall.[3]
Only 9 people have ventured into the cavern, finding "old cannon balls left by passing ships practicing their aim"[citation needed]. Adventurers had to land on the top of the rock by helicopter, then they shimmied down ropes to gain entrance to the cave. [citation needed].
