Unnamed island, Baird Bay
 Unnamed island, Baird Bay
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| Location | Great Australian Bight |
| Coordinates | 33°04′52″S 134°17′04″E / 33.08115°S 134.28437°ECoordinates: 33°04′52″S 134°17′04″E / 33.08115°S 134.28437°E |
| Area | 13 ha (32 acres) |
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Unnamed island, Baird Bay (also known as Section 181, Hundred Wrenfordsley, County Robinson) is an island located in South Australia within Baird Bay about 32 kilometres (20 miles) south by west of the town of Streaky Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula. The island has enjoyed protected area status since 1967 and it has been part of the Baird Bay Islands Conservation Park since 1972.
The unnamed island in Baird Bay is an island located at the northern end of Baird Bay about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) north-west of the town of Baird Bay and about 32 kilometres (20 miles) south by west of the town of Streaky Bay on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The island consists of a calcarenite platform which slopes via a "compacted scree" to a beach that surrounds the island on all sides apart from the south side where wave action has formed a ledge. The island is connected to the mainland by a spit which dries at "extreme low tide" to form a means of access to the island.
The island was formed about 6000 years ago following the rise of sea levels at the start of the Holocene. The island consists of an exposed calcarenite layer. The waters surrounding the island are less than 5 metres (16 feet) in depth.
During 1979, the island was surveyed as part of a study to determine the feasibility of introducing, brush-tailed bettong, a native mammal. The survey found two distinct vegetation communities that covered the island’s platform in "roughly equal proportions" - one being a "low shrubland dominated by umbrella bush" and the other being a "more open grassland." Thirty-nine plant species were found to be present including sticky hop-bush, shore westringia, black-anther flax lily, Australian hollyhock, various speargrass species and introduced species such as bearded oat.
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