Middle Island, Lively Island Group
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Middle Island is the northernmost of the Lively Island Group to the east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is an anvil-shaped island with a string of associated islets (including Hope Islet, Griffin Islet and Sunderland Islet), lying in the outer entrance of Choiseul Sound.
Middle Island is most notable for the extensive bluegrass dune habitat across its eastern half. The transition area between the bluegrass and coastal heath supports the endemic endangered Falkland rock-cress, along with nationally vulnerable Fuegian foxtail and small-dusky-sedge adjacent to dried-up former pond area.[1]
References
- ↑ Middle Island Information sheet: Falkland islands Conservation
- Island Visit Reports: Middle Island, Choiseul Sound: Falkland islands Conservation