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East Island (Tasmania)

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East Island (Tasmania)

East Island is a granite island, with an area of 12.42 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.

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Map of East Islet, Tasmania, Australia

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Reptiles present include White's skink and metallic skink.

Wrecks

  • Daphne (brig) in 1818.
  • References

    East Island (Tasmania) Wikipedia