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]
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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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