Erskine Island | |
Location: | Great Barrier Reef |
Archipelago: | Capricorn Group |
Total Islands: | 10 |
Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Queensland |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Local government area |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Gladstone Regional Council |
Erskine Island is a small coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 60 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland and 17 km west-south-west of Heron Island. It is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.[1]
The Capricorn silvereye, a small bird endemic to islands in the Capricorn-Bunker Group, is resident on Erskine. Loggerhead turtles nest on the beaches. It is the type locality of the shrimp Periclimenes madreporae Bruce, 1969.