Shag Reef

Shag Reef, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a small granite island, with an area of 1.24 hectares (3.1 acres) located in Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia.

Shag Reef
The island is an important site for black-faced cormorants
Shag Reef
Geography
LocationTasmania, Australia
Adjacent bodies of waterBass Strait
Major islandsTasmania
Area0.0124 km2 (0.0048 sq mi)
Administration
Australia

Location and features

The Shag Reef is located north of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group.[1] The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants, with 500-600 individual birds.[2] As well as the cormorants, seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include silver and Pacific gulls, Caspian terns and sooty oystercatchers.[1]

gollark: I will make this very clear, egg - turn, or you shall not survive.
gollark: Surely that means that you contain a dragon hatchling, capable of listening to us?
gollark: You are "physically mature and ready to hatch early on in their development cycle.", little egg.
gollark: FIRE THE VIEWS!
gollark: Oh, FINALLY.

See also

References

  1. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
  2. "IBA: Shag Reef". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2011.


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