Freycinet Island

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LocationIndian Ocean
Coordinates26°24′23″S 113°37′07″E / 26.4064°S 113.6186°E / -26.4064; 113.6186 Edit this at Wikidata
Area0.030 km2 (0.012 sq mi)
Freycinet Island
Pied cormorant in flight over the sea
The island holds an important nesting colony of pied cormorants
Freycinet Island is located in Western Australia
Freycinet Island
Freycinet Island
Geography
LocationIndian Ocean
Coordinates26°24′23″S 113°37′07″E / 26.4064°S 113.6186°E / -26.4064; 113.6186 Edit this at Wikidata
Area0.030 km2 (0.012 sq mi)
Administration
Australia
StateWestern Australia

Freycinet Island is a small island (3 hectares or 7 acres) in Henri Freycinet Harbour, lying off the Carrarang peninsula in the southern part of Shark Bay, on the-west coast of Western Australia. It is an elevated limestone plateau with scree slopes, vegetated with nitre bush shrubland.

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