Bird Rock (Tasmania)

The Bird Rock, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is an uninhabited 1-hectare (2.5-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Bird Rock
Bird Rock
Location of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationBanks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates40°55′S 148°19′E
ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island Group
Area1 ha (2.5 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Gygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and George Rocks islet.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and Caspian tern.[1]

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See also

References

  1. 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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