Flat Witch Island Explained

Flat Witch Island
Sobriquet:Little Witch Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Width:280
Map Relief:1
Label:Flat Witch Island
Label Position:left
Coordinates:-43.62°N 146.29°W
Location:South West Tasmania
Waterbody:Southern Ocean
Area Ha:64
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Elevation M:100
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Region
Country Admin Divisions 1:South West
Country Area M2:or
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Country 1 Area M2:or
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Population:Unpopulated

Flat Witch Island, also known as Little Witch Island, is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The 64ha island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1] [2]

The island's highest point is above sea level.

Fauna

The island is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds.[3] Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (400 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (500,000 pairs), fairy prion (10,000 pairs), common diving-petrel (100 pairs), Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher. The swamp antechinus has been recorded. Australian and New Zealand fur seals use a haul-out site on the south side of the island, and the latter species has bred there in small numbers. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 . 2002 . . 20 July 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060822190600/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf . 22 August 2006.
  2. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
  3. Web site: Important Bird Area factsheet: Maatsuyker Island Group. 23 May 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230523004830/http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maatsuyker-island-group-iba-australia/text. 23 May 2023. dmy.