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Trumpeter Islets

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Location
  
South western Tasmania

Adjacent bodies of water
  
Southern Ocean

Area
  
1 ha (2.5 acres)

Island group
  
Trumpeter Islets Group

Archipelago
  
Trumpeter Islets Group

Total islands
  
2

State
  
Tasmania

Adjacent body of water
  
Southern Ocean

Trumpeter Islets

The Trumpeter Islets comprise a group of two unpopulated islets, with a combined area of about a hectare, located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the 1-hectare (2.5-acre) island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.

Contents

Map of Trumpeter Islets, TAS, Australia

Fauna

The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (1000 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (1000 pairs), Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.

References

Trumpeter Islets Wikipedia