Bird Island (Western Australia)



Bird Island is the name of three islands in Western Australia. Two are in the Kimberley region, and the third is off the coast of Rockingham, about 2 km south of Garden Island (Western Australia).

Perth region
The southernmost of the islands is about 150-200 m long (east to west) and up to 100 m wide, and is at -32.27751°N, 115.69026°W about 500 m off the southern coast of Cape Peron. Nearby islands to the south are Seal Island and Penguin Island, and as mentioned, Garden Island to the north.

Kimberley region
The northern pair of islands are about 60 km east-west of each other. The nearest settlement is Kalumburu, the northernmost settlement in Western Australia. The islands are several hundred kilometers north-east of Broome.

The western island at -14.08393°N, 125.71318°W is one of about 3 dozen islands around the mouth of the Admiralty Gulf which include the Montesquieu group of islands, the Kingsmill Islands and the Low Rocks and Sterna Island Important Bird Area. The island is roughly circular, about 60 m in diameter.

The eastern island at -14.01418°N, 126.56817°W is approximately T-shaped, the two axes being about 150-200 m long. It is located near the Louis Islands in the gulf at the mouth of the King Edward River, near the Mungalalu Truscott Airbase.