Paddys Island

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Paddys Island
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Paddys Island
Location of Paddys Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location Tasman Sea
Coordinates 41°23′S148°18′E / 41.383°S 148.300°E / -41.383; 148.300
Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group
Area4.6 ha (11 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Paddys Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) uninhabited granite island situated in the Tasman Sea, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. [1]

Contents

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

Fauna

The island forms part of the St Helens Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds and waders. [2]

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. [1]

See also

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
  2. ↑ "IBA: St Helens (Tasmania)". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2011.


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