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Map: | Australia Tasmania |
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Coordinates: | -41.8729°N 148.3125°W |
Location: | East Coast Tasmania |
Archipelago: | Schouten Island Group |
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Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
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The Governor Island, part of the Schouten Island Group, comprise two small granite islands with a combined area of about that lie close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula and the town of Bicheno and is a nature reserve.[1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and crested tern.[1]