Cygnet Island Explained

Cygnet Island
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Map:Australia Tasmania
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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]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.[1]

See also

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.