Little Swan Island should not be confused with Swan Island (Tasmania).
| Little Swan Island | |
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| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
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| Coordinates: | -40.7167°N 152°W |
| Location: | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Archipelago: | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area Ha: | 12.64 |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
| Population: | uninhabited |
The Little Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 12.64ha uninhabited granite island 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[1] the Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Foster, Swan, Bird Rock, George Rocks, St Helens, and Paddys islands.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. The pelican colony is the southernmost in Australia. The metallic skink is present.[1]