Bird Island
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 kilometres south of Garden Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Bird Island, Shoalwater Islands Marine Park” and “Bird Island, Western Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include White Rock and Gull Rock.
Peron Battery
Bunker
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peron Battery, at Cape Peron, was the southernmost of the Fremantle Fortress coastal defence batteries in Western Australia. Also referred to as K Heavy Battery, it was established in January 1943 and, like the Challenger Battery on near-by Garden Island, it was equipped with two mobile 155 mm guns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peron and Shoalwater.
Peron
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peron is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located within the City of Rockingham. The suburb was gazetted in 1974.
Shoalwater
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shoalwater is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. Shoalwater is located within the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park which includes Shoalwater Bay, Warnbro Sound, Cape Peron and several small islands being Penguin island, Seal Island and Shag Rock. Shoalwater is situated 2½ km southeast of Bird Island.
Safety Bay
Suburb
Photo: Bjenks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safety Bay is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located on the coast within the City of Rockingham. Safety Bay is situated 4½ km southeast of Bird Island.
Bird Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.27756° or 32° 16′ 39″ southLongitude
115.69033° or 115° 41′ 25″ eastOpen location code
4PVQPMCR+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 58986417OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bird Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bird Island”
- Esperanto: “Birdinsulo”
- Spanish: “Bird Island”
- Swedish: “Bird Island”
- Turkish: “Bird Adası (XIV)”
- Turkish: “Bird Adası”
- Turkish: “Bird Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rockingham and Hillman.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include HMAS Stirling Entrance and Youth and Family Aquatic Association.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bird Island”. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.