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Augustus Island, locally called Wurroolgu, is an island off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. The island is in length and has a maximum width of 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Ocean Dots Encyclopedia - Augustus Island )〕 with a total area of 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Augustus Island )〕 and has an irregular shape. It is at the Southern end of the Bonaparte Archipelago. The island is found approximately north-east of Bardi. Although most of the islands in the Kimberley are unallocated DEC crown land, Jungulu is one of the islands near the former Kunmunya Mission which are included in Reserve 23079 for ''Use and Benefit of Aborigines''. The island is uninhabited and contains no known feral animals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=North Kimberley )〕 Many flora and fauna were isolated from the mainland when sea levels rose and many populations are found intact on the island. The island provides ideal habitat for the Nabarlek, also known as the Little Rock-Wallaby, with the weathered sandstone forming deep fissures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fact Sheet - Narbalek )〕 The golden bandicoot is another vulnerable species that is resident on the island, the last recorded sighting being in 2003. This species favours the Warton sandstone and the heathland on dissected sandstone. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Augustus Island (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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