Cygnet Island | |
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Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | -40.7167°N 152°W |
Etymology: | Captain Henry Waterhouse |
Location: | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
Archipelago: | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area Ha: | 0.5 |
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Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
The Cygnet Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 0.5ha granite islet 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 Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.[1]