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The Easter Group is the central of three groups of islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos island chain. Nominally located at , it is about 20 kilometres by 12 kilometres, and consists of a number of islands including Rat Island, Wooded Island, Morley Island, Suomi Island and Alexander Island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = oceandots.com )〕 Unlike the other groups the Easter Group has few shipwrecks. The group is part of the Houtman Abrolhos Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for supporting large numbers of breeding seabirds. The group was discovered and named in April 1840 by the crew of HMS ''Beagle'', under the command of John Clements Wickham. Stoke's journal, published as ''Discoveries in Australia'' in 1846, records the following for April 11: ==See also== * Wallabi Group * Pelsaert Group * List of islands of Australia 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「Easter Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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