Pearson Isles
 Pearson Isles
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| Location | Great Australian Bight |
| Coordinates | 33°57′39″S 134°15′54″E / 33.96089°S 134.265°ECoordinates: 33°57′39″S 134°15′54″E / 33.96089°S 134.265°E |
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Pearson Isles (also called the Pearson Islands, Pearson Group and Pearson Archipelago) is an island group located in the Australian state of South Australia about 65 kilometres (40 mi) to 72 kilometres (45 mi) west south-west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula within the larger island group, the Investigator Group. The group was discovered and named by Matthew Flinders on 13 February 1802. The group has four members - Pearson Island, a pair of islands known as the Veteran Isles and Dorothee Island. The island group has enjoyed protected area status starting in 1916 and since 2011, it has been part of the Investigator Group Wilderness Protection Area. The island group is notable as a venue for scientific research.
Pearson Isles is an island group located in waters from between 65 kilometres (40 mi) to 72 kilometres (45 mi) west south-west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The group consists of the following islands in order of increasing distance from the Australian continental coastline - Pearson Island, Veteran Isles and Dorothee Island. While Pearson Isles is the official name, the group is also known in some sources as the ”Pearson Islands”, the “Pearson Group” and the “Pearson Archipelago”.
Pearson Island is located about 63 kilometres (39 mi) south west by west of Cape Finniss and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south west of Flinders Island. It consists of one land mass with two relatively smaller peaks rising out of the sea in an arc extending to the south east via a spit of rock connected to its most southerly point . The arc encloses a bay and a beach which are sheltered from weather both from the west and the south and which can be respectively used as an anchorage and as a landing point. The three parts of the island are informally referred to in one source respectively as the “north section”, the “middle section” and the “south section”. The island has an area of 213 hectares (530 acres). Its highest point is a feature called “Hill 781” with a height of 238 metres (781 ft) above sea level. “Hill 781” and two other hills, “North Hill” and “East Hill”, which are both of a height greater than 200 metres (660 ft) are located on the “north section” while the highest point on the remainder of the island is “South Hill” on the “south section”with a height of 115 metres (377 ft).
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