Low Islets (Tasmania)

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Low Islets
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An aerial view of Clarke Island, centre;
with the Low Islets being two small islands in foreground; with Spike Island closer to Clarke Island.
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Low Islets
Location of the Low Islets in Bass Strait
Geography
Location Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°33′36″S148°14′24″E / 40.56000°S 148.24000°E / -40.56000; 148.24000 Coordinates: 40°33′36″S148°14′24″E / 40.56000°S 148.24000°E / -40.56000; 148.24000
Archipelago Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Total islands2
Area2 ha (4.9 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania

The Low Islets, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated small granite islands with a combined area of 2 hectares (4.9 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, and west of both Spike and Clarke islands, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. [1] [2]

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Fauna

The island is one of only three sites where pelicans breed in Tasmania. [2] Recorded breeding seabird, wader and waterbird species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Australian pelican, Caspian tern, crested tern and white-fronted tern. [3]

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The Baynes Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are a group of three granite uninhabited islets connected at low tide, with a combined area of 1.62 hectares, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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The George Rocks, also historically known as King George's Rocks, is part of the Waterhouse Island Group, a group of three adjacent uninhabited granite islets and associated reefs with a combined area of 7 hectares, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. "Low Islets (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  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