Sandy Island (Lacepede Islands)
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Sandy Island was originally named Victoria Island by 19th century guano miners and was then described as "little more than a rock of about a mile in circumference".[3]
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- ↑ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lacepede Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-18.
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