Southern Moreton Bay Islands, Queensland
{{confused|Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Southern Moreton Bay Islands
| city = Gold Coast
| state = qld
| image = Southern Moreton Bay Islands.jpg
| caption = Eden, Kangaroo and Woogoompah Islands (looking west)
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.7805|153.405|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Southern Moreton Bay Islands (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 0
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established = 2003
| postcode = No postcode
| area = 83.9
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
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| lga = City of Gold Coast (Division 12)
| stategov = Coomera
| fedgov = Fadden
| near-n = Moreton Bay
Russell Island
| near-ne = North Stradbroke Island
| near-e = South Stradbroke
| near-se = South Stradbroke
| near-s = Hope Island
Paradise Point
| near-sw = Coomera
| near-w = Jacobs Well
Pimpama
| near-nw = Woongoolba
Steiglitz
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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.{{cite QPN|46085|Southern Moreton Bay Islands|locality in City of Gold Coast|accessdate=29 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands do not have a postcode.{{cite web|url=[https://auspost.com.au/postcode/southern-moreton-bay-islands|title=Southern Moreton Bay Islands Postcode|publisher=Australia Post|access-date=21 August 2023}}
Geography
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:
- Cobby Cobby Island
- Coomera Island
- Crusoe Island
- Eden Island
- Kangaroo Island (Boonnahbah)
- Mosquito Islands
- Short Island
- Brocks Island
- Rat Island
- Tabby Tabby Island
- Woogoompah Island
File:Tipplers Passage Jacobs Well.jpg
Passages and Channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:{{cite book|title=Beacon to Beacon Directory|date=August 2008|publisher=Maritime Safety Queensland|location=Brisbane QLD|isbn=0-646-46178-8|edition=8}}
- Canaipa Passage
- Cobby Passage
- Coomera River (North Branch)
- Coomera River (South Branch)
- Jewel Creek
- Main Channel
- The Broadwater
- Tiger Mullet Channel
- Pimpama River
- Whalleys Gutter
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.{{cite web|author1=Queensland Wetlands Program|title=Jumpinpin-Broadwater fish habitat area|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/fish-habitat-area-jumpinpin-broadwater/|website=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=11 July 2014|year=2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214014/http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/fish-habitat-area-jumpinpin-broadwater/|url-status=live}}
History
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC31511 | name = Southern Moreton Bay Islands(State Suburb) | accessdate = 12 July 2014 | quick = on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32635|name=Southern Moreton Bay Islands (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32610|name=Southern Moreton Bay Islands (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
See also
{{Portal|Queensland}}
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City), the adjacent area in Redland City consisting of several island suburbs.
References
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{{Localities in Gold Coast}}
Category:Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland