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Moreton Island is an island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. 95% of the island is contained within a national park and a popular destination for day trippers, four wheel driving, camping, recreational angling and whale watching and just a 75-minute ferry ride from Brisbane.〔 It is the third largest sand island in the world.〔(Moreton Island ) Brisbane Tourism Guide. Retrieved on 2013-11-07.〕 Together with Fraser Island, Moreton Island forms the largest sand structure in the world. The island is within the City of Brisbane and is gazetted into four localities, the small townships of Bulwer, Cowan Cowan and Kooringal with the bulk of the island being the locality of Moreton Island. The Tangalooma tourist resort is within the locality of Moreton Island. All residential areas are located on the western coast of the island facing Moreton Bay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/queensland-globe )〕 The island was named by Matthew Flinders. At least five lighthouses have been built on the island. A small number of residents live in four small settlements. Tangalooma was the site of a whaling station. Access to the island is by vehicular barge or passenger ferry services. Moreton Island is a popular destination for camping and fishing. It is one of the wettest parts of the City of Brisbane with precipitation spread evenly throughout the year compared to other parts of South East Queensland. Cape Moreton receives an annual average rainfall of .〔 ==Geography== The island covers an area of approximately , and extends for from north to south and is at its widest point. Cape Moreton, at the north eastern tip of the island, is the only rock outcrop on the island. It was named ''Cape Morton'' by Captain James Cook in May 1770, and was at that time assumed to be part of the mainland. The current spelling came about because of a clerical error later. The highest point on the island is named Mount Tempest, which at is reputedly the highest, stabilised, coastal sandhill in the world.〔 Close to Mount Tempest is another large sandhill—Storm Mountain at . Only in Iran are there sandhills of comparable size, measuring up to from bases to crest.〔 Four small settlements exist on the western side of the island. The northernmost of these is Bulwer near the north western corner of the island, whilst Cowan Cowan is approximately further south. Approximately further south lies Tangalooma Island Resort. This former whaling station features the Tangalooma Marine Education and Conservation Centre (TMECC) and is known for its dolphin feeding and wreck diving. Tangalooma is the main access point to the island with regular passenger ferry and vehicular barge services. The island's main airstrip is long and lies between Cowan Cowan and Tangalooma. The other settlement is Kooringal which is located near the southern tip of the island. This township has its own airstrip and was serviced by a vehicular barge that ran to Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island until April 2009 when the barge was sold off due to limited business and high operation costs. A new vehicular barge called the Amity Trader now services the same route. Fort Cowan Cowan, an old World War II bunker and fortification complex that was used to protect the approaches to Moreton Bay, is located north of Cape Cowan Cowan. The bar between the two islands is known as South Passage and is dangerous to cross in high seas. 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「Moreton Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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