Norman Island (Victoria)

Norman Island, an oceanic island, is located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Picnic Point, Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.^[2]

Norman Island

Norman Island in the distance seen from the summit of Mt Oberon
Norman Island
Etymology	William Henry Norman[1]
Geography
Location	Wilsons Promontory
Coordinates	39°01′17″S 146°14′29″E
Area	48 ha (120 acres)[2]
Length	1,400 m (4600 ft)[2]
Width	6.5 km (4.04 mi)[2]
Highest elevation	96 m (315 ft)[2]
Administration
Australia
State	Victoria

The island, to the mean low-water mark, is part of the Wilsons Promontory National Park 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 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.^[4]

The island is named after Captain William Henry Norman, who brought Sir Charles Hotham to Melbourne in Queen of the South in 1854, and later served as commander of HMVS Victoria.^[1]

References

1. Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
2. Norman, F. I.; Brown, R. S.; Deerson, D. M. (November 1980). "Seabird islands No 95, Norman Island, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 96–97.
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 12 May 2018, retrieved 24 July 2017
4. "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Corner Inlet". BirdLife International. 2017.