Whitlock Island
{{Short description|Island of Western Australia}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
{{For|the island in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia|Whitlock Island (Carnarvon)}}
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Whitlock Island is an island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia. 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}}
The island has an area of {{convert|5.24|ha|acre|0}}, is located {{convert|2.4|km|mi}} from the mainland, at the southern end of Jurien Bay, and has a maximum elevation of {{convert|10|m|ft|0}}.
The island is part of the Turquoise Coast islands nature reserve group, a chain of 40 islands spread over a distance of {{convert|150|km|mi|0}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/parks/management-plans/decarchive/turquoise_coast_final.pdf|title=Turquoise Coast islands nature reserves management plan|year=2004|accessdate=6 December 2015|publisher=Government of Western Australia}}
A population of Jurien Bay skinks, a threatened species, is known to inhabit the island.{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/64482-listing-advice.pdf|title=Advice to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts from the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (the Committee) on Amendment to the list of Threatened Species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)|accessdate=10 December 2015|publisher=Department of the Environment}} Dibblers were discovered on Boullager and Whitlock Islands in 1985; they represent the only original