General
One Tree Island is a rubble or shingle cay at the eastern end of a coral reef which is about 5.5 km by 3.5 km in size
Vegetation consists of scattered Velvet Soldierbush and Scaevola taccada with several. small groves of Pisonia grandis. A small. pond of brackish water is situated near the centre of tile cay. A Research Station conducted by Sydney University is located on the cay.
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