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]
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]