Bears Island (Tasmania) Explained

Bears Island is a small island with an area of 0.34 ha, lying off the north-west tip of Three Hummock Island in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island.

Fauna

Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include little penguin, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

References

-40.4333°N 194°W

Notes and 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.

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