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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 2km south of Garden Island (Western Australia).
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Map of Bird Island, Western Australia, Australia
Perth region
The southernmost of the islands 32°16′42″S 115°41′17″E is about 150-200m long (E-W) and up to 100m wide, and is about 500m off the southern coast of Cape Peron. Nearby Islands to the south are Seal Island and Penguin Island, and as mentioned, Garden Island to the north.
Kimberley region
The northern pair of islands are about 60km east-west of each other. The nearest settlement is Kalumburu, the northernmost settlement in Western Australia. The islands are several hundred kilometers north-east of Broome.
The western island 14°5′7″S 125°42′41″E is one of about 3 dozen islands around the mouth of the Admiralty Gulf which include the Montesquieu group of islands, the Kingsmill Islands and the Low Rocks and Sterna Island Important Bird Area. The island is roughly circular, about 60m in diameter.
The eastern island 14°0′54″S 126°34′1″E is approximately T-shaped, the two axes being about 150-200m long. It is located near the Louis Islands in the gulf at the mouth of the King Edward River, near the Mungalalu Truscott Airbase.