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Seal Island () is located near Augusta, Western Australia in the South West region.〔Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Place names of Australia )〕 It is located just east of Cape Leeuwin, and lies closer to land than Saint Alouarn Island which lies further to the south. 〔The Point Matthew lookout is the highest point of land on the road leading to the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. It is the location of a plaque commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of the continent in 1801-1803.〕 Seal Island is very low lying, and is small in area close to . It can be awash in severe weather. When viewed from beaches at sea level on adjacent coast, its height above sea level is negligble, however one map shows 9 metres maximum height of any part of the rock 〔 Leeuwin 1929-III-SE, Western Australia, Pt 250k-S150-09 MGA Zone 50 dated 11/05/2011 It was vested as an A class reserve with the WA Wildlife Authority in 1960 for the conservation of fauna Murray and Hercock consider its naming was by Vancouver in 1791, however, it is located near a series of unmarked and barely detectable below surface rocks (the reason for the sinking of the SS Pericles in 1913), however the name was also recorded by Archdeacon in 1878. ==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「Seal Island (Augusta, Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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