Little Swan Island

Not to be confused with Swan Island (Tasmania).
For other uses, see Swan Island.
Little Swan Island

Little Swan Island lies behind Swan Island in this aerial photo.
Little Swan Island

Location of Swan Island off the coast of Tasmania

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 12.64 ha (31.2 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Demographics
Population uninhabited

The Little Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 12.64-hectare (31.2-acre) uninhabited granite island 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[1] the Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Foster, Swan, Bird Rock, George Rocks, St Helens, and Paddys islands.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. The pelican colony is the southernmost in Australia. The metallic skink is present.[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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