Baynes Island

Baynes Island
Baynes Island

Location of Baynes Island off the coast of Tasmania

Geography
Location Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°46′S 147°56′E / 40.767°S 147.933°E / -40.767; 147.933Coordinates: 40°46′S 147°56′E / 40.767°S 147.933°E / -40.767; 147.933
Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group
Area 1.62 ha (4.0 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Demographics
Population uninhabited

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 (4.0 acres), situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]

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

Fauna

Two silver gulls, one standing, the other in flight
Silver gulls nest on the island

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The grey teal has also nested on the island.[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
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