Maclean Island
Location of Maclean Island off the coast of Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E |
Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area | 1.11 ha (2.7 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
The Maclean Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) uninhabited granite islet, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Baynes, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]
Fauna
[edit]![Pacific gull standing on beach](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pacific_Gull.jpg/220px-Pacific_Gull.jpg)
Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and Pacific gull. The Cape Barren goose has also nested on the island.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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