Pigeon Island (Houtman Abrolhos)
Map of Pigeon Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°27′18″S 113°43′34″E / 28.45500°S 113.72611°E |
| Archipelago | Houtman Abrolhos |
| Area | 4.3 ha (11 acres) |
| Length | 430 m (1410 ft) |
| Width | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Western Australia |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Seasonally inhabited by lobster fishers (2006) |
Pigeon Island is a small island located near the middle of the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. It is almost entirely given over to western rock lobster 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 Little Pigeon Island, hence Pigeon Island is sometimes referred to as "Big Pigeon Island".