Cook Island Aquatic Reserve

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Cook Iceland Aquatic Reserve is a 73 ha large marine reserve in the Tasman Sea , a marginal sea of the southern Pacific Ocean , about 600 meters from Fingal Head on the mainland of New South Wales in Australia removed. Was discovered Cook Iceland by James Cook in 1770. The rocky island is now known as a hotbed of sea birds and a rich marine life.

history

Cook mapped the coastline. Cook then continued his journey north along the east coast of Australia and named two nearby mountains, Mount Warning and Point Danger , after he was nearly shipwrecked there.

In 1823 John Oxley anchored off the island because he was looking for shelter from the strong southerly winds. Two men of his team landed on it and named it Turtle Island (German: turtle island ) because they found sea turtles there. They also discovered an unidentified shipwreck. Five years later, British Admiral Henry John Rous , who discovered the Tweed River , came to the island and named it Cook's Isle . It still bears this name today.

Australian spearfisher Ben Cropp said he saw a European cargo ship that went down on the island in the 16th century.

The island was declared a protected area on October 23, 1998 and administered by the Department of Environment and Climate Change of New South Wales and, since 2004, by the Department of Primary Industries .

Flora and fauna

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Cook Island viewed from Fingal Head

Cook Island is a breeding ground for numerous species of sea birds, such as terns and shearwaters . The marine area surrounding the island is rich in fauna, and according to Tweed Shire Council coastal and waterway officer Tom Alletson, it is an important shark habitat .

The sea around Cook Island contains a variety of fish species such as anemonefish , bullseyes, groupers , triggerfish , parrotfish , pufferfish , surgeonfish , sweetlips and jackfish . There are also a large number of other species such as brittle stars , flatworms , Caridea and nudibranchs . Other native animals include crustaceans , green turtles , jellyfish , clams and stingrays . The marine area on the island is frequented by leopard ( Brachaelurus waddi ), carpet ( Triakis semifasciata ) and blind sharks.

  • Blind shark

  • Carpet shark

  • Leopard shark

Tourist information

It is not allowed to fish in the protected area around the island, which extends to a distance of 500 meters in the sea. Water sports such as diving and swimming are possible.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Fingal Head . In: The Age , Fairfax Media , February 8, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2009. 
  2. ↑ a b James Cook : The Endeavor Journal . In: National Library of Australia . May 16, 1770. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  3. ^ Barron Field : Geographical memoirs on New South Wales . J. Murray, 1825 (Retrieved July 10, 2009).
  4. ↑ Louise Daley: Rous, Henry John (1795-1877) . In: Australian Dictionary of Biography . Australian National University . Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  5. ↑ Ben Cropp : Shark Hunters . Rigby Ltd, Adelaide , South Australia 1964 (accessed July 10, 2009).
  6. ↑ Men clung to boat for hours . In: The Courier-Mail , News Corporation, October 18, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009. 
  7. ↑ Tweed Link - Issue # 403 (PDF), Tweed Shire Council . February 22, 2005. Accessed July 10, 2009. 
  8. ^ Neville Coleman, Nigel Marsh: Rod Ritchie, Julia Walkden (Eds.): Diving Australia: A Guide to the Best Diving Down Under , 2nd Edition, Tuttle Publishing, 2003, ISBN 9625933115 , p. 122 ( Accessed July 18 2009).
  9. ↑ dpi.nsw.gov.au ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Tweed River and Cook Island , in English, accessed November 13, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dpi.nsw.gov.au

Coordinates: 28 ° 11 ′ 45.1 ″  S , 153 ° 34 ′ 40.9 ″  E