Cygnet Island

Cygnet Island

Cygnet Island is the rightmost tiny island next to Little Swan Island.
Cygnet Island

Location of Cygnet Island off the coast of Tasmania

Etymology Captain Henry Waterhouse
Geography
Location Banks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°43′S 148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°E / -40.717; 148.067Coordinates: 40°43′S 148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°E / -40.717; 148.067
Archipelago Waterhouse Island Group
Area 0.5 ha (1.2 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania

The Cygnet Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) granite islet 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, Baynes, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]

Fauna

Sooty oystercatcher standing on rocks
Sooty oystercatchers nest on the island

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.[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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