• Source: Southern Moreton Bay Islands, Queensland

Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island group locality in the north-east of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands do not have a postcode.




Geography


The locality consists of numerous very low-lying estuarine islands separated by channels in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The islands are mostly covered by mangroves, and a substantial part of the area is inundated by water at high tide.
Islands within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:

Cobby Cobby Island
Coomera Island
Crusoe Island
Eden Island
Kangaroo Island (Boonnahbah)
Mosquito Islands
Short Island
Brocks Island
Rat Island
Tabby Tabby Island
Woogoompah Island

Passages and Channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:

Canaipa Passage
Cobby Passage
Coomera River (North Branch)
Coomera River (South Branch)
Jewel Creek
Main Channel
The Broadwater
Tiger Mullet Channel
Pimpama River
Whalleys Gutter
Several of the islands within the suburb are protected as the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park.
Additional protection for fish habitat is provided by the Jumpinpin-Broadwater Fish Habitat Area declared on 19 November 1983. The habitat of sea grass meadows and shallow estuarine areas are protected for a variety of sea life.




History


Southern Moreton Bay Islands was gazetted as a locality on 7 February 2003.




Demographics


In the 2011 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2016 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".




See also



Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City), the adjacent area in Redland City consisting of several island suburbs.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar pulau di Australia
• Daftar taman nasional di Australia
• Southern Moreton Bay Islands, Queensland
• Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
• Bay Islands
• Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City)
• Moreton Bay
• Moreton Island
• South Stradbroke Island
• Bribie Island
• Russell Island (Moreton Bay)
• Macleay Island