Taillefer Rocks

The Taillefer Rocks, part of the Schouten Island Group, are three small, rugged, granite islands, with a combined area of approximately 15 hectares (37 acres) lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, near the Freycinet Peninsula and lies within the Freycinet National Park.[1][2]

Taillefer Rocks
Map of Taillefer Rocks and Schouten Island
Taillefer Rocks
Location of Taillefer Rocks in Tasmania
Geography
LocationEast coast of Tasmania
Coordinates42°21′36″S 148°18′36″E
ArchipelagoSchouten Island Group
Adjacent bodies of waterTasman Sea
Total islands3
Area15 ha (37 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
Local government areaGlamorgan Spring Bay Council
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
Freycinet National Park

Flora and fauna

This is one of the few islands where Oyster Bay pines occur.

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion and common diving petrel. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink, spotted skink and mountain dragon. Australian fur seals haul-out there in small numbers.[2]

gollark: That post and the comments seem to provide a decent enough explanation, yes.
gollark: You would expect *some* other stargate network, since it was discovered... a few thousand years, or something, ~~since~~ before the present day in-setting and technology has improved since then.
gollark: And why hasn't someone else tried to/succeeded in figuring out the wormholes?
gollark: How is there *not* massive price gouging on the transit network anyway? I'm sure this was explained at some point, but I forgot the explanation, sooo...
gollark: The time loop thing does reduce the use a lot come to think of it, yes.

See also

References
  1. "Schouten" (Map). Tasmap. Tasmania: Mapping Division, Tasmanian Government. 1993. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  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. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.


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