| Foster Islands | |
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| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | -40.7167°N 205°W |
| Location: | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Archipelago: | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area Ha: | 48 |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
The Foster Islands, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are two small granite islands with a combined area of situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1] The islands form part of Small Bass Strait Island nature reserve.[2]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Gygnet, Swan, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. Cape Barren geese also breed on the island. The metallic skink is present.[1]