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Houtman Abrolhos is wholly vested in Western Australia's Minister for Fisheries for purposes of "Conservation of Flora and Fauna, Tourism, and for Purposes Associated with the Fishing Industry". Pigeon Island is one of a small number of islands given over almost entirely to the last of these. As
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camps, a school and a pub. There are also around 20 jetties, mainly along the northwest side, as this is the only direction from which the island may be approached by boat. The island is surrounded by reef to the south and east, but a passage known as
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Tertiary-Quaternary Geological Evolution of the Houtman Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, Northern Perth Basin". In Purcell, R.; Purcell, P. (eds.).
268:(about 125,000 years ago), when sea levels were higher than at present, are now emergent in places, and constitute the basement of the group's "central platform" islands, of which Pigeon Island is one.
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a result of guano mining in the 19th century, and the development of fishing infrastructure in the 20th century, the island has very little conservation value.
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fishers' camps, and as a result is far more disturbed than most other islands in the archipelago. A nearby island also seasonally populated by fishers is named
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Collins, Lindsay B.; Zhu, Zhong Rong; Wyrwoll, Karl-Heinz (2004). "Geology of the
Houtman Abrolhos Islands". In Vacher, Leonard; Quinn, Terrence (eds.).
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Harvey, J. M., Alford, J. J., Longman, V. M. and
Keighery, G. J. (2001). "A flora and vegetation survey of the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia".
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platform that underlies the entire
Wallabi Group. This platform, which arises abruptly from a flat shelf, is about 40 metres thick, and is of
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71 species of plant have been recorded on Pigeon Island, of which 45 are native and 29 introduced. These are:
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873:The island's fauna includes the rare
245:The basement of Pigeon Island is the
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264:origin. Reef that formed during the
675:(lesser canary grass) (naturalised)
794:(common sow thistle) (naturalised)
470:(annual veldt grass) (naturalised)
379:(mother of millions) (naturalised)
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863:(rat's tail fescue) (naturalised)
502:(common storksbill) (naturalised)
411:(flaxleaf fleabane) (naturalised)
706:(fourleaf allseed) (naturalised)
237:runs along the northwest side.
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879:Abrolhos painted button-quail
613:Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
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639:(tree tobacco) (naturalised)
621:Muellerolimon salicorniaceum
584:(wild lettuce) (naturalised)
568:(barley grass) (naturalised)
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802:(sand spurry) (naturalised)
736:(wild radish) (naturalised)
592:(marshmallow) (naturalised)
363:(great brome) (naturalised)
340:(bearded oat) (naturalised)
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608:(burr medic) (naturalised)
371:(soft brome) (naturalised)
830:Tecticornia halocnemoides
688:Pittosporum phillyreoides
576:(toad rush) (naturalised)
478:(doublegee) (naturalised)
330:Austrostipa elegantissima
301:(pimpernel) (naturalised)
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616:(iceplant) (naturalised)
241:Geology and physiography
119:140 m (460 ft)
703:Polycarpon tetraphyllum
235:Pigeon Island Anchorage
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853:Triglochin centrocarpa
644:Nicotiana occidentalis
600:(Australian hollyhock)
554:Haloragis trigonocarpa
462:(round-leaved pigface)
447:Diplolaena grandiflora
376:Bryophyllum delagoense
283:Acanthocarpus preissii
124:Highest elevation
103:4.3 ha (11 acres)
74:28.45500°S 113.72611°E
846:Thysanotis patersonii
823:Tecticornia arbuscula
807:Sporobolus virginicus
778:(Diels' pigeon grass)
768:Senecio pinnatifolius
733:Raphanus raphanistrum
691:(weeping pittosporum)
656:Nitraria billardierei
455:Disphyma crassifolium
426:(couch) (naturalised)
400:Carpobrotus virescens
224:in the 20th century.
127:3 m (10 ft)
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749:Sarcostemma viminale
683:(shrubby riceflower)
680:Pimelea microcephala
667:(coastal daisy bush)
546:Frankenia pauciflora
515:Euphorbia boophthona
483:Enchylaena tomentosa
416:Cotyledon orbiculata
345:Brachyscome ciliaris
197:Little Pigeon Island
193:western rock lobster
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28:Map of Pigeon Island
838:Threlkeldia diffusa
605:Medicago polymorpha
530:Euphorbia terracina
523:Euphorbia tannensis
467:Ehrharta longiflora
434:(Australian carrot)
431:Daucus glochidiatus
384:Bulbine semibarbata
290:Actites megalocarpa
266:Eemian interglacial
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833:(shrubby samphire)
760:Schenkia australis
741:Rostraria cristata
726:Rhagodia latifolia
711:Polypogon tenellus
541:(leafless ballart)
538:Exocarpos aphyllus
499:Erodium cicutarium
494:(mallee lovegrass)
491:Eragrostis dielsii
486:(barrier saltbush)
408:Conyza bonariensis
298:Anagallis arvensis
841:(coast bonefruit)
799:Spergularia rubra
791:Sonchus oleraceus
664:Olearia axillaris
628:Myoporum insulare
518:(Gascoyne spurge)
510:(blue heronsbill)
439:Dianella revoluta
403:(coastal pigface)
368:Bromus hordeaceus
314:Atriplex paludosa
247:Wallabi Limestone
201:Big Pigeon Island
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