Southern Moreton Bay Islands Gold Coast, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°46′50″S 153°24′18″E / 27.7805°S 153.405°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | No postcode[2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 83.9 km2 (32.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Gold Coast (Division 12) | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Coomera | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Fadden | ||||||||||||||
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Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island group locality in the north-east of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had no people.[4]
The locality consists of numerous very low-lying estuarine islands separated by channels in the southern part of Moreton 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 and Channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:[5]
Several of the islands within the suburb are protected as the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of the Moreton 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 gazetted as a locality on 7 February 2003.[3]
In the 2011 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had no population.[7]
In the 2016 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had no population.[8]
In the 2021 census, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had no population.[4]