Great Glennie Island is a small, rugged, granite island in the Glennie group of islands off the west coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.[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]
  Great Glennie Island | |
| Etymology | George Glennie, by James Grant in Lady Nelson (1800) |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 39°5′6″S 146°13′52″E / 39.08500°S 146.23111°E |
| Area | 138 ha (340 acres)[1] |
| Length | 3 km (1.9 mi)[1] |
| Width | 0.6 km (0.37 mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 140 m (460 ft)[1] |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant, in Lady Nelson, on 10 December 1800 and named "after Mr. George Glennie, a particular friend of Captain Schank’s, to whom I was under personal obligations".[3][4]
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- ^ a b c d e Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Wainer, J (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 94, Great Glennie Island, Glennie Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 93–95.
- ^ "IBA: Wilsons Promontory Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ Eccleston, Gregory C. (2012). The Early Charting of Victoria's Coastline. Australian and New Zealand Map Society. p. 23.
- ^ Grant, James (1803). The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen: with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. Printed by C. Roworth for T. Egerton. p. 79.
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