Ibra Subregions: Simpson Desert, Kangaroo Island, Warren, Mount Lofty Ranges, Australian Alps, Tirari Desert, Western Mallee, Eastern M
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ISBN10: 1157105025
ISBN13: 9781157105022
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781157105022
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Simpson Desert, Kangaroo Island, Warren, Mount Lofty Ranges, Australian Alps, Tirari Desert, Western Mallee, Eastern Mallee, Illawarra, Wilsons Promontory, Wimmera, Liverpool Range, Bogie River Hills, Tirari-Sturt stony desert, South Burnett, Western Australian Mulga shrublands, Ben Lomond, Murray Mallee, Strzelecki Ranges, Wellesley Islands. Excerpt: Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is 112 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is 13 kilometres (8 mi) off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is 150 km (93 mi) long and between 900 m (980 yd) and 57 km (35 mi) wide, its area covering 4,405 km (1,701 sq mi). Its coastline is 540 kilometres (340 mi) long and highest altitude is 307 m (1,010 ft). It is separated from Yorke Peninsula to the northwest by Investigator Strait and from Cape Jervis to the northeast by Backstairs Passage. Kangaroo Island was separated from mainland Australia by a rise in sea level over 9,000 years ago. Stone tools found suggest that Aboriginal people occupied the land at least 11,000 years ago; it is supposed that they disappeared in 200 BC. Theories about the cause include disease and inbreeding, warfare, climatic change or exodus. In 1802 British explorer Matthew Flinders, Commanding HMS Investigator, named the land Kanguroo (sic) Island after landing near Kangaroo Head on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula. He was closely followed by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, who mapped much of the island (which is why so many areas have French names). Although the French and the British were at war at the time, the men met peacefully. They both used the fresh water seeping at what is now known as Hog Bay near ...