Clonmel Island

{{Short description|Island in Victoria, Australia}}

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| etymology = PS Clonmel

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Clonmel Island is a sand island in Corner Inlet, in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Clonmel Island lies within the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and is a part of a complex of barrier islands that protect a large marine embayment from the pounding waves of Bass Strait.

{{Citation

| title = Nooramunga and Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Parks

| url = http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/314540/Park-note-Corner-Inlet-and-Nooramunga-Marine-and-Coastal-Park.pdf

| publisher = Parks Victoria

| work = Park Notes

| date= August 2012

| accessdate = 2015-04-11

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History

The island is named after the paddle steamer PS Clonmel which was wrecked in the Port Albert Entrance to Corner Inlet, immediately east of the island, in 1841.{{cite VHD shipwreck |129 |PS Clonmel}}

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{{Islands of Victoria |state=autocollapse}}

Category:Islands of Victoria (state)

Category:Gippsland (region)

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