Satellite Island is a small island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania , in the D Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland. It is surrounded by an ancient fossil clad rock shelf, home to an array of local shellfish, including crayfish, native scallops, abalone and oysters. Satellite Island was discovered by the french expedition led by Bruni D Entrecasteaux. It was originally used as an observatory for the night sky. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref Flora and fauna Satellite Island has a variety of native bird life including resident osprey and the red breasted robin. The island is encircled by a variety of native scrub and trees including ancient blue gums and some introduced species. References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 43 19 S 147 13 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Infobox islands name Woody Island image name Woody island.jpg image caption Woody Island, Tasmania locator map native name native name link location Tasmania coordinates Coord 42 48 47.56 S 147 33 35.17 E type isle display inline area km2 highest mount elevation m country Australia country admin divisions title State country admin divisions flag Tasmania country admin divisions title 1 country admin divisions 1 country largest city country largest settlement population population population as of density km2 ethnic groups Woody Island is an island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Sloping Island Group , lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula Tasman and Forestier Peninsula s. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 42 48 S 147 33 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File Waterhouse Island.jpg thumb right Waterhouse Island is on the right side of Waterhouse Point Waterhouse Island is an island, with an area of 287 hectare ha 709 ac 1.11 mi , in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north eastern coast of Tasmania . Most of it has been pastoral lease leased for farming and it contains a Homestead buildings homestead , farm buildings and an airstrip . The vegetation is dominated by introduced pasture grass es. Livestock grazing has caused erosion which has affected the shearwater Seabird colony colonies . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref The island is named after Captain Henry Waterhouse of the HMS Reliance 1793 Reliance . Nicholas Baudin stopped at the island in 1802 mistakenly thinking the name meant fresh water could be found there, which was not the case. ref gutenberg no 7304 name The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders author Ernest Scott ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird species are the Little Penguin and Short tailed Shearwater . Introduced mammal s include sheep , cat s, Fallow Deer and House Mouse House Mice . Reptile s present include the Metallic Skink , Spotted Skink , Three lined Skink , Bougainville s Skink and White s Skink . ref name Brothers2001 Waterhouse Island Group Besides Waterhouse Island, the Waterhouse Island Group includes the following Little Waterhouse Island Swan IslandTasmania Swan Island Little Swan Island Cygnet Island Foster Islands Tasmania Foster Islands St Helens Island Ninth Island Paddys Island Maclean Island Baynes Island Tenth Island Bird Rock George Rocks , three adjacent granite islets with their associated reefs, part of the Waterhouse Islands group. References reflist Coord 40 48 S 147 37 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Governor Island comprises two small granite islands, with a combined area of about 2 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula and the town of Bicheno, Tasmania Bicheno . It is a nature reserve . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Little Penguin , Silver Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Crested Tern . ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 41 52 S 148 18 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File Whitefacedstormpetrel1.jpg thumb right 250px White faced Storm Petrels breed on the island Gull Island is a granite island, with an area of 8.5 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group . It is a conservation reserve. ref name Brothers2001 With Forsyth Island Forsyth and Passage IslandTasmania Passage Islands it forms part of the Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands Important Bird Area IBA , identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports over 1 of the world populations of Little Penguins and Black faced Cormorant s. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands accessdate 2011 06 22 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , White faced Storm Petrel , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Crested Tern . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist coord 40 26 S 148 29 E display title Category Furneaux Group Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Little Island is a granite island, with an area of 3 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Sentinel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group . ref name Brothers2001 Fauna Seabird s and wader s recorded as breeding on the island include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , White faced Storm Petrel , Pacific Gull , Caspian Tern and Sooty Oystercatcher . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist coord 39 49 S 147 49 E display title Category Furneaux Group Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Albatross Island is an 18 hectare ha island nature reserve in Bass Strait in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Hunter Island Group and lies between north west Tasmania and King IslandTasmania King Island . It is part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area . It is notable for its breeding colony of 5,000 pairs of Shy Albatross , some 40 of the world population of the species. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Albatross Island & Black Pyramid Rock accessdate 2011 05 19 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref ref Citation title Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan url http www.parks.tas.gov.au file.aspx?id 6388 publisher Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment. Tasmania date October 2000 accessdate 2012 02 04 ref Fauna Apart from Shy Albatross, breeding seabird s and shorebird s include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Fairy Prion , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher . A pair of White bellied Sea Eagle s usually nests there annually. The island is visited regularly by Australian Fur Seal s and New Zealand Fur Seal s. Reptiles include the Metallic Skink and Tasmanian Tree Skink . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref See also List of islands of Australia References reflist coord 40 23 S 144 39 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category Bass Strait Category Seabird colonies Category Important Bird Areas of Tasmania ar Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Other places3 Bird Island disambiguation Bird Island File Puffinus tenuirostris Bruny.jpg thumb right 250px The island is a breeding site for Short tailed Shearwaters, or Tasmanian muttonbirds Bird Island is an island game reserve , with an area of 43.92 hectare ha , in Bass Strait , south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Hunter Island Group which lies between north west Tasmania and King IslandTasmania King Island . It is home to about 5,000 pairs of Short tailed Shearwater s, the young of which are muttonbirding harvested annually, and about 3,000 pairs of Little Penguin s. ref name Brothers2001 Fauna The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area . ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 07 09. ref As well as the shearwaters and penguins, other breeding seabird s and shorebird s include White faced Storm Petrel , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher . Reptiles include the Metallic Skink and abundant Tiger Snake s. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist coord 40 36 S 144 43 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category North West Tasmania Category Bass Strait Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File Partridge Island.jpg thumb Partridge Island from the air Partridge Island is an island with an area of 103 hectare ha in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania , in the D Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland. It is part of the South Bruny National Park . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref Flora and fauna The vegetation is mainly dry eucalypt forest with a grass y understorey . Little Penguin s breed on the island. The endangered Forty spotted Pardalote is present. European Rabbit s were introduced to the island but have since been eradicated. The Eastern Blue tongued Lizard has been recorded. ref name Brothers2001 See also The other islands in the Partridge Island Group Arch Rock Tasmania Arch Rock Faith Island Hope IslandTasmania Hope Island References reflist coord 43 24 S 147 06 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub fr le aux Perdrix Tasmanie ... more details
Image Preservation Island aerial.jpg thumb Rum Island is the small Island to the bottom left of Preservation Island Rum Island is a granite island, with an area of 13.5 hectare ha , just south of Preservation Island in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group . It is part of the Sydney Cove ship Sydney Cove historic site . Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Pacific Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern . The Metallic Skink is present on the island. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Other islands in the Preservation Group with breeding seabirds include ref name Brothers2001 Night IslandTasmania Night Island Preservation Island Preservation Islets References reflist coord 40 29 S 148 04 E display title Category Furneaux Group Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Entrance Island is a low island with an area of 6.1 hectare ha in south eastern Australia . It lies at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour in western Tasmania . It contains a light beacon and jetty. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird species are the Little Penguin 100 pairs and Short tailed Shearwater 1900 pairs . The Metallic Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 42 12 S 145 12 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wedge Island is an island, with an area of 43 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula . It is formed of Jurassic diabase dolerite . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird species are Little Penguin and Short tailed Shearwater . The island was previously used for domestic sheep sheep grazing , and was regularly burnt. The sheep were removed in 1986. There were also large numbers of European Rabbit s, now exterminated. Cat s were introduced in the 1970s to control the rabbits, and a population of feral cat s remains on the island. ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 43 08 S 147 40 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
King George Island is an island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Sloping Island Group , lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula Tasman and Forestier Peninsula s. The island was once inhabited and farmed and contains the ruins of two buildings on its eastern side. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref Flora and fauna Much of the island s original vegetation has been destroyed by clearing and burning, though there are remnant stands of allocasuarina s and eucalypt s. European Rabbit Rabbits are present as well as the Metallic Skink and White s Skink . ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.606. ref References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 42 57 S 147 49 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ka ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Green Island is a small island nature reserve with an area of 4.17 hectare ha in south eastern Australia . Lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the Derwent River Tasmania Derwent River . It lies in the D Entrecasteaux Channel . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref Flora and fauna The vegetation is dominated by Acaena , bracken and thistle s, with introduced grass es around the shoreline and some scattered Correa plant Correa bushes. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Little Penguin , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull , Kelp Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern . European Rabbit s have been introduced to the island. The Metallic Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 43 11 S 147 17 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Chicken Island is a low, flat, 1.95 hectare ha island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Maatsuyker Island Group , lying close to the southern end of the south western coast of Tasmania . It is part of the Southwest National Park , and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref Flora and fauna The vegetation is dominated by Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Senecio lautus . Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Fairy Prion , Common Diving Petrel , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern . ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 43 34 23 S 146 36 04 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category South West TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File North west Flinders Island aerial.jpg thumb Sentinel Island is near the left edge of the top of the photo, just off the coast of Flinders Island Sentinel Island is a granite island, with an area of 10 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Sentinel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group . Until 1985 it was used for grazing sheep . ref name Brothers2001 Fauna Seabird s and wader s recorded as breeding on the island include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Common Diving Petrel , White faced Storm Petrel , Silver Gull , Pacific Gull , Caspian Tern and Sooty Oystercatcher . The Metallic Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist coord 39 50 S 147 46 E display title Category Furneaux Group Tasmania geo stub ... more details
Smooth Island is a privately owned island, with an area of 59 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Sloping Island Group , lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula Tasman and Forestier Peninsula s. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Flora and fauna The islands natural vegetation has been largely destroyed and it is mainly a grass paddock with thistle s, bracken , scattered boxthorn bushes and some remnant eucalypt s. ref name Brothers2001 Recorded breeding seabird species are Little Penguin and Short tailed Shearwater . ref name Brothers2001 See also Smooth Island Antarctica References reflist coord 42 56 S 147 47 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Snake Island is a small, low lying island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Betsey Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the Derwent River Tasmania Derwent River . ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref Flora and fauna Trees on the island include allocasuarina s and eucalypt s. Pacific Gull s have attempted to breed there. ref Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 43 10 S 147 17 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Image Preservation Island aerial.jpg thumb Rum Island is the tiny Island on the top left of this picture of Preservation Island Night Island is a small granite island, with an area of 2.59 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group . It is a Conservation Area. ref name Brothers2001 The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because it holds over 1 of the world population of Black faced Cormorant s. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Night Island Bass Strait accessdate 2011 08 30 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Fauna As well as up to 138 pairs of Black faced Cormorants, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin , Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref Other islands in the Preservation Group with breeding seabirds include ref name Brothers2001 Preservation Island Preservation Islets Rum IslandTasmania Rum Island References reflist coord 40 29 S 148 01 E display title Category Furneaux Group Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File Babel Island Aerial.jpg thumb right 250px Cat Island is the hatchet shaped island in the bottom right File Australian Gannet 2.jpg thumb right 250px Cat Island used to be an important breeding site for Australasian Gannets Cat Island is a granite island, with an area of 39 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . ref Citation title Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan url http www.parks.tas.gov.au file.aspx?id 6388 publisher Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment. Tasmania date October 2000 accessdate 2012 02 04 ref It is part of Tasmania s Babel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the east coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group , ref name Brothers2001 and is part of the Babel Island Group Important Bird Area . ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Babel Island Group accessdate 2011 06 10 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Fauna Seabird s and wader s recorded as breeding on the island include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Silver Gull , Pacific Gull , Crested Tern , Sooty Oystercatcher , Pied Oystercatcher and Australasian Gannet . Resident reptile s include White s Skink and Tiger Snake . The Rakali has also been recorded on the island. ref name Brothers2001 Gannet colony The historically important breeding colony of Australasian Gannets, with an estimated 5000 10,000 birds at the beginning of the 20th century, declined to extinction by the mid 1980s as a result of, at first, human intrusion, followed by fires, disturbance and, finally, predation by White bellied Sea Eagle s. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art ... Furneaux Group Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Black Island is a jagged, rocky islet in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Hibbs Pyramid Group, lying close to the central western coast of Tasmania . ref name Brothers et al 2001, p.607 Brothers et al 2001 , p.607. ref Flora and fauna The only vegetation comprises a few small patches of Senecio sp. at the north western end. ref name Brothers et al 2001, p.607 References Notes reflist Sources Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X coord 42 58 S 145 29 E display title Category Islands of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Hen Island is a long, narrow, 7.6 hectare island in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Maatsuyker Island Group , lying close to the southern end of the south western coast of Tasmania . Its highest point is 75 m above mean sea level Above Sea Level . It is part of the Southwest National Park , and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref The island is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds. ref BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Maatsuyker Island Group. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 09 08 2011. ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin 90 pairs , Short tailed Shearwater 12,000 pairs , Fairy Prion 27,000 pairs , Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher . The Metallic Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 43 34 12 S 146 34 59 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category South West Tasmania Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
File Little Green Island.jpg thumb Fisher Island appears above the right end of Little Green Island in this aerial photo. Fisher Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.9 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders Island Flinders and Cape Barren Island s in the Furneaux Group . It is the site of a long term, ongoing study of Short tailed Shearwater s. Fauna Apart from the Shearwaters, recorded breeding seabird species are Little Penguin , White faced Storm Petrel , Pacific Gull and Caspian Tern . The Southern Grass Skink inhabits the island and occasional visits are made by White lipped Snake , Lowland Copperhead and Rakali . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist coord 40 13 S 148 14 E display title Category Furneaux Group Category Protected areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Hobbs Island , also known as Green Island, is an island with an area of 9.73 hectare ha in south eastern Australia . It is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania . It is also part of the Southwest National Park , and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site . ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref ref name consmgt citation title Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 url http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf year 2002 publisher Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service accessdate 2006 07 20 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060822190600 http www.parks.tas.gov.au IslandCare southern islands.pdf archivedate 2006 08 22 ref The island is part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Port Davey Islands accessdate 2011 09 19 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin 11,000 pairs , Short tailed Shearwater 11,000 pairs , Pacific Gull , Sooty Oystercatcher and Pied Oystercatcher . The Rakali has been recorded from the island. The Tasmanian Tree Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 References reflist coord 43 13 S 145 47 E display title Category Islands of Tasmania Category South West Tasmania Category Protected areas of Tasmania Category Important Bird Areas of TasmaniaTasmania geo stub ... more details
Craggy Island is a rugged granite island, with an area of 38.88 hectare ha , in south eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania s Bass Pyramid Group , lying in northern Bass Strait between Flinders Island and the Kent Group . Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin , Short tailed Shearwater , Fairy Prion , Common Diving Petrel , Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher . The Metallic Skink is present. ref name Brothers2001 Brothers, Nigel Pemberton, David Pryor, Helen & Halley, Vanessa. 2001 . Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart. ISBN 0 7246 4816 X ref References reflist External links http www.aussieheritage.com.au listings tas Palana CraggyIsland 12667 Information at Aussie Heritage http catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au item ?id 658799 Information at Tasmanian State Library http www.oocities.org flinders island killiecrankie.html Images of Craggy Island coord 39 41 14 S 147 40 41 E display title Category Furneaux Group Tasmania geo stub ... more details
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