Lindquist Island is an island in
Queensland
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, Australia. It is within the
locality
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of
Cowley Beach in
Cassowary Coast Region
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. It forms part of the
Cowley Beach Training Area military base.
Geography
The island is about 90 km north of
Dunk Island
Dunk Island, known as ''Coonanglebah'' in the Warrgamay and Dyirbal languages, is an island within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies off the Australian east coast, opposite the town of Missio ...
and east of the mainland part of
Cowley Beach Training Area near Double Point and north of the
South Barnard Islands. It is around 7 hectares or 0.07 square km in size.
Lindquist Island is part of the
North Barnard Islands.
This island is protected by the EPA Queensland in that migratory birds rest here.
The island is also a site for popular tourist kayaking and there have been sightings of
Humpback whale
The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh u ...
s.
References
Islands of Queensland
Cassowary Coast Region
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