Area 7 ha (17 acres) Population uninhabited | ||
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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.
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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(Text) CC BY-SA