Location Great Barrier Reef State Queensland | Total islands 10 | |
Local government area Gladstone Regional Council Archipelago Capricorn and Bunker Group | ||
Great barrier reef erskine island reef
Erskine Island is a small coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 60 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland and 17 km west-south-west of Heron Island. It is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.
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Flora and faunaEdit
The Capricorn Silvereye, a small bird endemic to islands in the Capricorn-Bunker Group, is resident on Erskine. Loggerhead Turtles nest on the beaches. It is the type locality of the shrimp Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969.
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