Moreton Bay Ramsar Site

This page contains direct links to information specific to Moreton Bay Ramsar site. Covering more than 110,000ha, the Moreton Bay wetlands are extremely varied, ranging from perched freshwater lakes and sedge swamps on the offshore sand islands, to intertidal mudflats, marshes, sandflats and mangroves next to the Bay’s islands and the mainland. This variety enhances the Bay’s biological diversity with an overlap of wildlife species normally considered tropical or temperate.

Moreton Island, on the eastern boundary of Moreton Bay, is the most intact offshore sand island in south-east Queensland. Most of it is national park.

The Environmental Protection Agency has produced a brochure for Moreton Bay.

Wetlands International provides the full Ramsar Information Sheet for Moreton Bay (in PDF format), as well as the official map of the site and a useful tool for preparing reports on specific aspects of the site.

Moreton Bay is also listed in the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia.

Although the official map of this site is found on the Wetlands International site, a digital version may viewed on WetlandMaps.

Last updated: 27 January 2009