Councillor Island
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Councillor Island, located right, relative to King Island | |
  Councillor Island Location of Councillor Island in the Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 39°49′48″S 144°09′36″E / 39.83000°S 144.16000°ECoordinates: 39°49′48″S 144°09′36″E / 39.83000°S 144.16000°E |
| Archipelago | New Year Group |
| Area | 10.53 ha (26.0 acres) |
| Administration | |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
| LGA | Municipality of King Island |
The Councillor Island, part of the New Year Group, is a 10.53-hectare (26.0-acre) granite island located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1][2][3]
The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders.[4]
Fauna
Breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. Reptiles include eastern blue-tongued lizard.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Councillor Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ↑ "Travel: King Island". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- 1 2 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
- ↑ "King Island". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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