Английская Википедия:Edwards Island (Western Australia)

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Edwards Island, also known as Edward Island, is an island in Western Australia near Lancelin.

The island occupies an area of Шаблон:Convert with a maximum elevation of Шаблон:Convert and is situated approximately Шаблон:Convert off the coast.[1] It is composed of limestone and is linked to Lancelin Island by intertidal and subtidal reef platforms. Both islands are gazetted as A Class nature reserves.[2]

Along with Lancelin Island it is at the southern end of the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of Шаблон:Convert.[1]

The first European to discover the island was the French explorer Hamelin in 1801 aboard the Naturalist, who named Lancelin Island.[3]

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