Molema Island

Molema Island
Molema Island
Geography
Location Western Australia
Coordinates 16°15′43″S 123°54′16″E / 16.2619°S 123.9045°E / -16.2619; 123.9045Coordinates: 16°15′43″S 123°54′16″E / 16.2619°S 123.9045°E / -16.2619; 123.9045
Area 915 ha (2,260 acres)
Administration
Australia
Demographics
Population 0

Molema Island is an island off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia.

Situated at the edge of Talbot Bay Molema is connected to the mainland by Turtle Reef, one of the largest reef systems in the Kimberley.[1] Many mud flats also surround the island. The ria landscape is typical of the bioregion, the geology is intensely faulted and folded and was later inundated by the Holocene post glacial transgression.[2]

The island occupies an area of 915 hectares (2,261 acres).[3]

The traditional owners of the area are the Worrorran peoples.[4]

A population of the endangered Northern quoll were found to be living on the island during surveys conducted in 2013.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Talbot Bay". Kimberley Coast. 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Barry Wilson (2013). The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf: Environmental Change and Life's Response. Newnes. ISBN 9780124114883.
  3. ↑ "Status Performance Assessment: Biodiversity conservation of Western Australian Islands" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Endangered quoll discovered on Western Australian island". The Guardian. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "New population of endangered quoll discovered". Department of Regional Development. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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