Lion Island viewed from West Head.

Lion Island is in the Hawkesbury River just inside the entrance to Broken Bay. Originally the island was called Mount Elliot Island and appeared by this name on maps of Kuring-gai Chase up to the 1920's (ref: National Library of Australia nla.map-rm3117-sl-e). It is located in the Gosford local government area^[1]. Lion Island gains its name from a supposed resemblance to a Sphinx, a mythical Lion^[2]. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 917 KB) Lion Island, in Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 917 KB) Lion Island, in Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. ... Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai Council municipal area. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Broken Bay is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 km north of Sydney on the coast of New South Wales. ... Gosford City Council is a Local Government Area of the Australian state of New South Wales. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). ...

In 1956 the entire 8 hectare area of the island became a Fauna Reserve. It was reclassified as a Nature Reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1967.^[1] A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ...

The island contains the largest population of little penguins in the Sydney area^[1] and is free of feral cats and foxes^[2]. It is listed in the Register of the National Estate as a breeding habitat for shearwaters and little penguins^[1][3]. Korora redirects here. ... A feral horse (an American mustang) in Wyoming A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus (Linnaeus, 1758) The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ... A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. ... The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. ... Genera Procellaria Calonectris Puffinus †See also fulmar, prion, petrel Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. ...

The cap at the Eastern end of Lion Island is composed of Hawkesbury Sandstone. The shores of the island are composed of the older Narrabeen Group of sandstones and shales.^[1] Red Sandstone in Wyoming Layered sandstone Sandstone is an arenaceous sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz and varies in colour (in a similar way to sand), through grey, yellow, red, and white. ... Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ...

The island has a weed infestation problem, with problem weeds including Bitou Bush and Lantana.^[1] Binomial name Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norlindh Chrysanthemoides monilifera is an evergreen flowering shrub in the Asteraceae family. ... Species Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa. ...

Access to the island is restricted by permit to conservation, education and research purposes.^[1]

In 2005, a documentary film claimed erroneously that the wreckage of a Japanese midget submarine, which disappeared after the attack on Sydney Harbour in 1942, was buried under sand on the seabed, just east of Lion Island^[4][5]. The wreck has since been located near Long Reef. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands. ... A midget submarine is a small submarine, typically with one or two crew and no on-board living accommodation. ... Combatants Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves Plan of Management, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, May 2002.
2. ^ ^{a b} Lion Island sign board at West Head Lookout
3. ^ Australian Heritage Database, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion, Long and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves, Ku-ring-gai Chase Rd, Bobbin Head, NSW, Department of the Environment and Heritage
4. ^ Steve Meacham, Down to the wire ... solving a 60-year mystery, Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 2005
5. ^ Investigation fails to find midget sub, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 19, 2005. 5:34pm (AEDT)

Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai Council municipal area. ...

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Coordinates: -33.556917° 151.317701° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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