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George Rocks

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Area
  
7 ha (17 acres)

Population
  
uninhabited

State
  
Tasmania

George Rocks

Location
  
Banks Strait, Bass Strait

Archipelago
  
Waterhouse Island Group

The George Rocks, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are a group of three adjacent uninhabited granite islets and associated reefs with a combined area of 7 hectares (17 acres), situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

Contents

Map of George Rocks, Tasmania, Australia

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Gygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock islet.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, black-faced cormorant and crested tern. Introduced mammals are rabbits and rats. The metallic skink is present.

References

George Rocks Wikipedia