Lachlan Island

This article is about the Island in Tasmania. For the Island in Western Australia, see Lachlan Island (Western Australia).
Lachlan Island
Lachlan Island

Location in Tasmania

Geography
Location East Coast Tasmania
Coordinates 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000Coordinates: 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000
Archipelago Maria Island Group
Adjacent bodies of water Mercury Passage
Area 2.5 ha (6.2 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)

The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.[1]

See also

References

  1. 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. p. 606. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.


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