Little Swan Island

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Little Swan Island
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Little Swan Island lies behind Swan Island in this aerial photo.
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Little Swan Island
Location of Swan Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationBanks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°43′S148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°E / -40.717; 148.067 Coordinates: 40°43′S148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°E / -40.717; 148.067
Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group
Area12.64 ha (31.2 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Little Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 12.64-hectare (31.2-acre) uninhabited granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. [1]

Contents

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include [1] the Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Foster, Swan, Bird Rock, George Rocks, St Helens, and Paddys islands.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. The pelican colony is the southernmost in Australia. The metallic skink is present. [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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