Tam O'Shanter Point

Tam O'Shanter Point is a headland located in Queensland, Australia on the north-eastern part of Rockingham Bay.[1] It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds.[2]

History

The point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Rattlesnake, after the barque Tam O'Shanter which was the ship sailed by explorer Edmund Kennedy to North Queensland on his ill-fated expedition to reach Cape York Peninsula.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tam O'Shanter Point (entry 33218)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-16.

Coordinates: 17°58′S 146°6′E / 17.967°S 146.100°E / -17.967; 146.100


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