Meade Island


Meade Island is an uninhabited sand island located about 200 metres from Dirk Hartog Island in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site in Western Australia, and joined to that island at low tide. It has an area of about 800 square metres, and an elevation of two metres.
The island's vegetation is a closed heath, of which the dominant plant species are Nitraria billardierei, Scaevola crassifolia and Spinifex longifolius. Other plant species include Exocarpos aphyllus, Rhagodia preissii subsp. obovata, Salsola tragus, Sonchus oleraceus, and a species of Pelargonium. Eight species of seabird roost on the island.