Taylor Island (South Australia)

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Taylor Island
Taylor Island highlighted on a satellite image
Taylor Island highlighted on a satellite image
Waters Great Australian Bay
Geographical location 34 ° 53 ′  S , 136 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 53 ′  S , 136 ° 0 ′  E
Taylor Island (South Australia) (South Australia)
Taylor Island (South Australia)
length 3 km
width 1.2 km
surface 243 hadep1
Highest elevation 69  m

Taylor Island is an island in the Spencer Gulf off the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula in southern Australia in the state of South Australia . The island's name comes from a lost crew member on an HMS Investigator expedition under the command of Matthew Flinders . The namesake William Taylor was a midshipman on that expedition and died on February 21, 1802. On February 23, Matthew Flinders named Taylor Island. He named the archipelago with two neighboring islands Taylor's Isles in his memory .

Surroundings

Taylor Island is 1.6 miles east of the coast of the Eyre Peninsula, which is protected here as Lincoln National Park. Grindal Island is located 2.3 kilometers south-southeast.

The Taylor's Isles also include two other islands: In the north, Taylor Island is connected to the smaller island of Owen Island , 460 meters away, by a sandbank below sea level . About 100 meters south of Taylor Island is another small island without a name.

Flora and fauna

Mallee eucalyptus is found on Taylor Island , as is common on the south coast of Australia and in Lincoln National Park. In addition, there is Zygophyllum apiculatum on the island.

The Australian marsupials Kusus , as well as gray-coated spectacled birds and Rosenberg monitor lizards have been detected on the island.

Residents and buildings

Taylor Island is privately owned. The owner has a sheep farm on the island and sells wool .

A nine-meter-high lighthouse has stood on the highest point on the island since 1982 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 241–242 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  2. ^ Department for Environment and Heritage - Government of South Australia (Ed.): Lincoln National Park Management Plan . 2004, p. 25 (English, gov.au [PDF; 2.1 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  3. ^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 117 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  4. ^ Matthew Flinders: A voyage to Terra Australis . S. 136–138 (English, archive.org [accessed August 3, 2019]).
  5. ^ Department for Environment and Heritage - Government of South Australia (Ed.): Lincoln National Park Management Plan . 2004, p. 16 (English, gov.au [PDF; 2.1 MB ; accessed on June 29, 2019]).
  6. ^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 411 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  7. ^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 413 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  8. ^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 423 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  9. ^ Tony Robinson, Peter Canty, Trish Mooney, Penny Rudduck: South Australia's offshore islands . Australian Heritage Commission, 1996, ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2 , pp. 426 (English, gov.au [PDF; 33.3 MB ; accessed on August 3, 2019]).
  10. ^ Shearer's struggles getting wool to market. In: 7NEWS Adelaide. November 24, 2018, accessed August 3, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Australian Lighthouses listed by state ( Memento from January 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Australian Lighthouses . Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. ^ Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia. In: ibiblio. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .