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Are the Needles really in the south?
I am not sure. I just guessed it because in the article
http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/TAS/Maatsuyker%20Island/Maatsuyker%20Island.htm, the following sentence is written:
The Lighthouse is situated on southern tip of island for best visibility and all round view.
Because of the picture where the Needles are visible in the background of the picture just below the lighthouse, I concluded that they are further south than the lighthouse itself. This is not sure at all since the direction of view on the Needles could also lead sidewards to the south coast, therefore not necessarily being south. Furthermore, there could be other rocks/islets surrounding Maatsuyker Island lying still further in the south not being mentioned there. --
Citylover
17:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
A check of the map (I clicked on the coordinates and followed the Multimap link) shows that Pedra Branca is at least 70 Kilometres from Maatsuyker and cannot reasonably be included as part of the Maatsuyker Group. I intend to split it off into a separate article in a couple of weeks unless anybody objects. Phaedrus86 01:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
This is related to the topic above. I also see that Eddystone (which is next to Pedra Branca) is clearly not part of Maatsuyker. Chicken Island and Isle du Golfe are questionable. Looking at the map, they don't look to be part of the group, and
"Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF).
Tasmanian Government Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Retrieved 2006-07-13. {{
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help) does not list them in the group.
I think the time has come to remove White's and Brothers' books as references for the location of the islands. The problem is they refer to lots of islands in the area, but this is quite misleading if we are trying to pin down what consistutes the Maatsuyker group. We now have plenty of other references which are more accessible and which much more precisely define the locations of the islands and the Maatsuyker Group.
Therefore in a week's time I intend to remove all reference to White's and Brothers books ( and to "Named Islands", unless there are any objections.
Note this was all prompted by User:SatuSuro's idea of putting positions in the article. Once I did that and saw where that puts things on the map, then previous inaccuracies became obvious. An excellent idea, that was. Phaedrus86 23:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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Are the Needles really in the south?
I am not sure. I just guessed it because in the article
http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/TAS/Maatsuyker%20Island/Maatsuyker%20Island.htm, the following sentence is written:
The Lighthouse is situated on southern tip of island for best visibility and all round view.
Because of the picture where the Needles are visible in the background of the picture just below the lighthouse, I concluded that they are further south than the lighthouse itself. This is not sure at all since the direction of view on the Needles could also lead sidewards to the south coast, therefore not necessarily being south. Furthermore, there could be other rocks/islets surrounding Maatsuyker Island lying still further in the south not being mentioned there. --
Citylover
17:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
A check of the map (I clicked on the coordinates and followed the Multimap link) shows that Pedra Branca is at least 70 Kilometres from Maatsuyker and cannot reasonably be included as part of the Maatsuyker Group. I intend to split it off into a separate article in a couple of weeks unless anybody objects. Phaedrus86 01:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
This is related to the topic above. I also see that Eddystone (which is next to Pedra Branca) is clearly not part of Maatsuyker. Chicken Island and Isle du Golfe are questionable. Looking at the map, they don't look to be part of the group, and
"Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF).
Tasmanian Government Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Retrieved 2006-07-13. {{
cite web}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors=
(
help) does not list them in the group.
I think the time has come to remove White's and Brothers' books as references for the location of the islands. The problem is they refer to lots of islands in the area, but this is quite misleading if we are trying to pin down what consistutes the Maatsuyker group. We now have plenty of other references which are more accessible and which much more precisely define the locations of the islands and the Maatsuyker Group.
Therefore in a week's time I intend to remove all reference to White's and Brothers books ( and to "Named Islands", unless there are any objections.
Note this was all prompted by User:SatuSuro's idea of putting positions in the article. Once I did that and saw where that puts things on the map, then previous inaccuracies became obvious. An excellent idea, that was. Phaedrus86 23:16, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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