Southern Moreton Bay Islands | |||||||||||||
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 Eden, Kangaroo and Woogoompah Islands (looking west) | |||||||||||||
  Southern Moreton Bay Islands | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:27°46′50″S153°24′18″E / 27.7805°S 153.405°E /-27.7805; 153.405 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| City | Gold Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2003 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 83.9 km2 (32.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.000/km2 (0.000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
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Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island grouplocality in the north-east of theCity of Gold Coast,Queensland, Australia.[4] In the2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[2]
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands do not have apostcode.[3]
The locality consists of numerous very low-lying estuarine islands separated by channels in the southern part ofMoreton 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:
Passages andchannels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:[5]
Several of the islands within the suburb are protected as theSouthern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of theMoreton 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.[6]
Southern Moreton Bay Islands was officially gazetted as a locality on 7 February 2003.[4]
In the2011 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[7]
In the2016 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[8]
In the2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".[2]
There are no schools in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.[9]
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