Seal Rocks (Victoria)


Seal Rocks comprises two small islets – Seal Rock and Black Rock – 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) south-west of Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia[2] at the western entrance to Western Port.

Seal Rocks
Seal Rocks
Etymologyfur seal (Grant, 1801)[1]
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates38°31′34″S 145°05′59″E
Area2.8 ha (6.9 acres)[2]
Highest elevation12 m (39 ft)[2]
Administration
Australia
StateVictoria
Demographics
Population0

They were named Seal Islands by James Grant in HMS Lady Nelson in January 1801.[1][3]

Flora & fauna

The islands are a major Australian Fur Seal colony. Approximately 5000 pups are born on Seal Rocks each year – 25% of the Australian population.[4]

References
  1. 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. 123. ISBN 978-0-7243-0036-5. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. Warneke, Robert M.; Dann, Peter (2013). "Birds of Seal Rocks in northern Bass Strait over 40 years (1965-2005)". The Victorian Naturalist. 130 (1): 4–21.
  3. Barrallier, Francis; Grant, James (1803), Chart of Western Port and coast to Wilson's Promontory forming part of the North side of Bass's Strait, Hydrographical Office : Published according to Act of Parliament, by A. Dalrymple Hydrographer to the Admiralty, retrieved 24 January 2012
  4. McIntosh, Rebecca R.; Kirkman, Steve P.; Thalmann, Sam; Sutherland, Duncan R.; Mitchell, Anthony; Arnould, John P. Y.; Salton, Marcus; Slip, David J.; Dann, Peter; Kirkwood, Roger (2018). "Understanding meta-population trends of the Australian fur seal, with insights for adaptive monitoring". PLoS ONE. 13 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200253.


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