Moriarty Rocks | |
Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Map Width: | 280 |
Location: | Bass Strait |
Coordinates: | -40.58°N 148.27°W |
Archipelago: | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Total Islands: | 2 |
Area Ha: | 2.46 |
Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
The Moriarty Rocks, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, are a group of two major unpopulated granite rocks, and several smaller ones, with a combined area of, located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, west of the Low Islets, and west of the Spike and Clarke islands, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The rocks are contained within a nature reserve.[1]
Sealing is reported to have taken on the rocks in December 1830.[2]
There is little vegetation on the rocks, due to them being frequently wave-washed. black-faced cormorants breed there, and they hold an important breeding colony of Australian fur seals, with up to about 1000 pups being born there annually.[3]