Baynes Island
| Baynes Island | ||
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| Waters | Bass Street | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 46 ′ S , 147 ° 56 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Baynes Island is a collection of three islands on the northeast coast of Tasmania , Australia . The islands only form a unit at low tide . The group has a total size of 1.62 hectares . She is part of the Waterhouse Island group .
fauna
On the island, among others, the following were brooding Meeresvögelabird registered: Little Penguin , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull , sooty oystercatcher , black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern . The Australian white-throated duck has also nested on the island.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nigel Brothers , David Pemberton, Helen Pryor, Vanessa Halley: Tasmania's Offshore Islands. Seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 2001, ISBN 0-7246-4816-X .