Low Islets (Tasmania) Explained

Low Islets
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-40.56°N 148.24°W
Archipelago:Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Total Islands:2
Area Ha:2
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Low Islets, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated small granite islands with a combined area of, located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, and west of both Spike and Clarke islands, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]

Fauna

The island is one of only three sites where pelicans breed in Tasmania.[1] Recorded breeding seabird, wader and waterbird species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Australian pelican, Caspian tern, crested tern and white-fronted tern.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan . . October 2000 . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 . 30 March 2011 . dead .
  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.