Location East Coast Tasmania Adjacent bodies of water Mercury Passage State Tasmania | Archipelago Maria Island Group Area 2.5 ha (6.2 acres) Time zone AEST (UTC+10) | |
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The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.
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Map of Lachlan Island, Tasmania, Australia
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.
References
Lachlan Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA