| Paddys Island | |
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| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Map Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | -41.3833°N 166°W |
| Location: | Tasman Sea |
| Archipelago: | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area Ha: | 4.6 |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
| Population: | uninhabited |
The Paddys Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 4.6ha uninhabited granite island situated in the Tasman Sea, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and St Helens islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]
The island forms part of the St Helens Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds and waders.[2]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1]