Southern Moreton Bay Islands is an island group locality in the north-east of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands do not have a postcode.
Geography The locality consists of numerous very low-lying estuarine islands separated by channels in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The islands are mostly covered by mangroves, and a substantial part of the area is inundated by water at high tide.
Islands within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands: Cobby Cobby Island Coomera Island Crusoe Island Eden Island Kangaroo Island (Boonnahbah) Mosquito Islands Short Island Brocks Island Rat Island Tabby Tabby Island Woogoompah Island
Passages and channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands: Canaipa Passage Cobby Passage Coomera River (North Branch) Coomera River (South Branch) Jewel Creek Main Channel The Broadwater Tiger Mullet Channel Pimpama River Whalleys Gutter
Several of the islands within the suburb are protected as the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park.
Additional protection for fish habitat is provided by the Jumpinpin-Broadwater Fish Habitat Area declared on 19 November 1983. The habitat of sea grass meadows and shallow estuarine areas are protected for a variety of sea life.
History Southern Moreton Bay Islands was officially gazetted as a locality on 7 February 2003.
Demographics In the , Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
In the , Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
In the , Southern Moreton Bay Islands had "no people or a very low population".
Education There are no schools in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
See also
Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Redland City), the adjacent area in Redland City consisting of several island suburbs.
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