Raine Island is a vegetated coral cay 32 hectares (79 acres) in total area situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia. It lies approximately 620 km (390 mi) north-northwest of Cairns in Queensland, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east-northeast of Cape Grenville on the Cape York Peninsula.
Raine Island is the site of the oldest European structure in tropical Australia, a stone beacon built in 1844, and harbours the world's largest remaining population of green turtles (Chelonia mydas).[1] An important environmental icon, the island is totally protected from public access. It got its name from Captain Thomas Raine (1793–1860), the English mariner who discovered it.[2]
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RaineIsland is a vegetated coral cay 32 hectares (79 acres) in total area situated on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia...
RaineIsland Beacon is a heritage-listed beacon at the eastern end of RaineIsland, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1844 by convicts...
exploit the guano on Lady Elliot Island, Wreck Reef, Swain Reefs, RaineIsland, Bramble Cay, Brampton Shoal, and Pilgrim Island to the Anglo Australian Guano...
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the reef's islands were mined for deposits of guano, and lighthouses were built as beacons throughout the system.: 452 as in RaineIsland, the earliest...
the higher temperatures. They are working in the area around RaineIsland, Heron Island and Moulter Cay. The genome of Chelonia mydas was sequenced in...
bird tagged at RaineIsland in the Great Barrier Reef in December 1981 was picked up and released at Phillip Island (off Norfolk Island) in December 1986...
dragon envenomates a Water buffalo calf, Green sea turtles congregate off RaineIsland, and Nile crocodiles attack Wildebeest. 5 "In the Shadow of Giants" Barny...
the coast, including nearly 40% of the world’s human population. On RaineIsland that lies far from Australia, tens of thousands of female green sea turtles...
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exploit the guano on Lady Elliot Island, Wreck Reefs, Swain Reefs, RaineIsland, Bramble Cay, Brampton Shoal, and Pilgrim Island to the Anglo-Australian Guano...
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Zealand under Captain Bisset. It was wrecked in 1842 near the site of the RaineIsland Beacon, Queensland, Australia. Timber from the ship was used in construction...
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early August 1874. The ship's course was then set westward, reaching RaineIsland—on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef—at the end of August and...
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