Great Glennie Island

Great Glennie Island is a small, rugged, granite island in the Glennie group of islands off the west coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.[1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]

Great Glennie Island
Great Glennie Island is located in South Gippsland Shire
Great Glennie Island
Great Glennie Island
EtymologyGeorge Glennie, by James Grant in Lady Nelson (1800)
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°5′6″S 146°13′52″E
Area138 ha (340 acres)[1]
Length3 km (1.9 mi)[1]
Width0.6 km (0.37 mi)[1]
Highest elevation140 m (460 ft)[1]
Administration
Australia
StateVictoria

The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant, in Lady Nelson, on 10 December 1800 and named "after Mr. George Glennie, a particular friend of Captain Schank’s, to whom I was under personal obligations".[3][4]

References
  1. Harris, M. P.; Brown, R. S.; Wainer, J (November 1980). "Seabird Islands No 94, Great Glennie Island, Glennie Group, Victoria" (PDF). Corella. 4 (4): 93–95.
  2. "IBA: Wilsons Promontory Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. Eccleston, Gregory C. (2012). The Early Charting of Victoria's Coastline. Australian and New Zealand Map Society. p. 23.
  4. 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. 79.


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