Boullanger Island
{{Short description|Island of Western Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
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| location = Indian Ocean
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Boullanger Island lies off the coast of Western Australia and covers an area of about {{convert|35|ha|acre}}. The nearest settlement is the mainland town of Jurien Bay. It is located within the Jurien Bay Marine Park and part of the Boullanger, Whitlock, Favourite, Tern and Osprey Islands Nature Reserve.{{cite web |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/capad2022-marine-wa.xlsx |title=Marine CAPAD 2022 WA summary |author= |website=www.dcceew.gov.au/ |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=27 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/capad2022-terrestrial-wa.xlsx |title=Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary |author= |website=www.dcceew.gov.au/ |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=27 September 2023}}
Description
The island is part of the Jurien Bay Marine Park which was declared in August 2003{{snd}}the park is located {{convert|200|to(-)|300|km|mi|abbr=off}} north of Perth, along the Indian Ocean Drive, and extends south from Green Head to the Southern boundary of Nambung National Park, encompassing many of the islands located in this region. The Park protects an important section of Western Australia's central west coast, including Boullanger, Whitlock and Escape islands.
Both Boullanger Island and Jurien Bay were named on 1 July 1801 by the French expedition led by Nicolas Baudin aboard {{ship|French corvette|Géographe||2}}. Boullanger Island honours the cartographer of the expedition, Charles-Pierre Boullanger, and Jurien Bay honours {{ill |Charles-Marie Jurien |fr |lt=Charles-Marie Jurien,|v=sup}} a French naval administrator.
Fauna and flora
The island is inhabited by an endemic species of marsupial mouse, Sminthopsis boullangerensis, the Boullanger Island dunnart.{{cite web |author=Department of the Environment and Heritage |year=2007 |title=Sminthopsis griseoventer boullangerensis |work=Species Profile and Threats Database |publisher=Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra |url=http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=66287 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630010946/http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=66287 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-30 |accessdate=2011-05-19 }}{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 36}} It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-bellied dunnart (S. griseoventer), for which reason it was not assessed by the IUCN in 2008 (although it was classed as critically endangered in the 1996 list). The EPBC Act classifies the Boullanger Island dunnart as vulnerable.
See also
References
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Category:Islands of the Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
Category:Turquoise Coast (Western Australia)
Category:Landmarks in Western Australia