Location Bass Strait State Tasmania | Area 10.53 ha (26.0 acres) Archipelago New Year Island | |
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LGA Municipality of King Island | ||
The Councillor Island, part of the New Year Group, is a 10.53-hectare (26.0-acre) granite island located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
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Map of Councillor Island, Tasmania, Australia
The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders.
Fauna
Breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. Reptiles include eastern blue-tongued lizard.
References
Councillor Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA