Clonmel Island is a sand island in Corner Inlet, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Clonmel Island lies within the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and is part of a complex of barrier islands that protect a large marine embayment from the pounding waves of Bass Strait.[1]
Clonmel Island Clonmel Island | |
| Etymology | PS Clonmel |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 38°42′42″S 146°42′16″E |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Victoria |
The island is named after the paddle steamer PS Clonmel which was wrecked in the Port Albert Entrance to Corner Inlet, immediately east of the island, in 1841.[2]
Islands and islets of Victoria, Australia | |
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| Near East Gippsland | |
| Near Corner Inlet | |
| Near Wilsons Promontory | |
| In Western Port |
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| In Port Phillip | |
| Near Portland Bay | |
| In rivers | |
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