North_East_Island_(Tasmania)

North East Isle

North East Isle

Island in Tasmania, Australia

The North East Isle, part of the Kent Group, is an unpopulated 32.62-hectare (80.6-acre) granite island, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[1]

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The island has a peak elevation of 125 metres (410 ft) above mean sea level and is contained within the Kent Group National Park. The island has been unmodified by human activity.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Also present are the white-footed dunnart and White's skink.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "North East Isle (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. [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. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X


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