Mutton Bird Islands (Tasmania)

Mutton Bird Islands
Mutton Bird Islands off the southwest coast of Tasmania
Waters	Indian Ocean
Geographical location	43 ° 25 ′  S , 145 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′  S , 145 ° 57 ′  E
Number of islands	6 (+ approx. 7 rock groups)
Main island	Mutton Bird Island
Residents	uninhabited

The Mutton Bird Islands ( English: Mutton Bird Island group) are an uninhabited group of islands in the Indian Ocean , located just under two kilometers off the southwest coast of the Australian island of Tasmania .

geography

The group, which stretches about four kilometers as the crow flies from west to east, includes six small islands :

• Mutton Bird Island (main island)
• South East Mutton Bird Islet
• South West Mutton Bird Islet
• Sugarmouse Island
• Wendar Island
• Sugarloaf Rock

and several rugged rock formations, u. a.

• East Pyramids .

The largest and most easterly island is Mutton Bird Island , from which the entire archipelago owes its name. In the far west are the rocks of the East Pyramids .

The islands are part of Tasmania's Southwest National Park .