Mead Island
Location of Meade Island
Mead Island is an uninhabited sand island located about 200 metres from Dirk Hartog Island in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in Western Australia, and joined to that island at low tide. It has an area of about 800 square metres (0.2 acre), and an elevation of two metres (7 ft).
The island's vegetation is a closed heath, of which the dominant plant species are Nitraria billardierei (Nitre Bush), Scaevola crassifolia (Thick-leaved Fan-flower) and Spinifex longifolius (Beach Spinifex). Other plant species include Exocarpos aphyllus (Leafless Ballart), Rhagodia preissii subsp. obovata, Salsola tragus (Prickly Saltwort), Sonchus oleraceus (Common Sow-thistle), and a species of Pelargonium. Eight species of seabird roost on the island.
References
- "Mead Island". Gazetteer of Australia. Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
- Abbott, Ian (1980). "The Floras of 37 South-western Australian Islands". Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes (3): 19–36.
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