Location Bass Strait Area 2.46 ha (6.1 acres) Island group Furneaux Group | Total islands 2 State Tasmania | |
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Archipelago Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group | ||
The Moriarty Rocks, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, are a group of two major unpopulated granite rocks, and several smaller ones, with a combined area of 2.46 hectares (6.1 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, west of the Low Islets, and west of the Spike and Clarke islands, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The rocks are contained within a nature reserve.
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Map of Moriarty Rocks, Tasmania, Australia
Flora and fauna
There is little vegetation on the rocks, due to them being frequently wave-washed. black-faced cormorants breed there, and they hold an important breeding colony of Australian fur seals, with up to about 1000 pups being born there annually.
References
Moriarty Rocks Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA