Etymology | George Glennie, by James Grant in Lady Nelson (1800) |
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Geography | |
Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 39°5′6″S 146°13′52″E / 39.08500°S 146.23111°E |
Area | 138 ha (340 acres)[1] |
Length | 3 km (1.9 mi)[1] |
Width | 0.6 km (0.37 mi)[1] |
Highest elevation | 140 m (460 ft)[1] |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Victoria |
Great Glennie Island is a small, rugged, granite island in the Glennie group of islands off the west coast of Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia.[1] It is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[2]
The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant, in Lady Nelson, on 10 December 1800 and named "after Mr. George Glennie, a particular friend of Captain Schank’s, to whom I was under personal obligations".[3][4]