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North East Isle

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Location
  
Bass Strait

Area
  
32.62 ha (80.6 acres)

State
  
Tasmania

Archipelago
  
Kent Group

Highest elevation
  
125 m (410 ft)

Population
  
unpopulated

North East Isle

The North East Isle, part of the Kent Group, is an unpopulated 32.62-hectare (80.6-acre) granite island, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.

The island has a peak elevation of 125 metres (410 ft) above mean sea level and is contained within the Kent Group National Park. The island has been unmodified by human activity.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Also present are the white-footed dunnart and White's skink.

References

North East Isle Wikipedia