Outer Sister Island

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Outer Sister Island
View of Outer Sister Island, looking west
Outer Sister Island is located in Tasmania
Outer Sister Island
Outer Sister Island
Location of Outer Sister Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°39′S 147°59′E / 39.650°S 147.983°E / -39.650; 147.983
ArchipelagoFurneaux Group
Area5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

Outer Sister Island, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 545 hectares (2.10 sq mi), located in Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia.

Location and features

The Outer Sister Island is located north of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. The island is grazed by sheep and annual muttonbirding takes place.[1]

Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, silver gull, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Resident reptiles are the metallic skink, White's skink, white-lipped snake, lowland copperhead and tiger snake. Apart from the sheep, mammals present on the island include the Tasmanian pademelon and the introduced house mouse, as well as feral cats.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.


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