Mutton Bird Island (Tasmania)
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.jpg) Mutton Bird Island to the east of the group (right). |
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Mutton Bird Islands (Tasmania) | |
| Geographical location | 43 ° 25 ′ 10 ″ S , 145 ° 58 ′ 1 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.4 km | |
| width | 400 m | |
| surface | 43.7 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 40 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Mutton Bird Island is an island off the southwest coast of Tasmania . As the largest of the Tasmanian Mutton Bird Islands, it is named after them. The name is derived from the English name of the shearwater (English: mutton bird ).
The island is uninhabited, has an area of 44 hectares and its highest point at 40 meters above sea level . It belongs to the Southwest National Park and is therefore part of the Tasmanian Wilderness , which was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982 . BirdLife International declared the island an important breeding site for sea birds . In 2002, 530,000 pairs of short-tailed shearwaters , 3,000 pairs of little penguins , 2,500 pairs of fairy petrels and a smaller number of black- billed gulls , herring head gulls and soot-oystercatchers bred on Mutton Bird Island . Various skinks are also found on the island.
literature
- 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 978-0-7246-4816-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Small Southern Islands. Conversation Management Statement. (PDF; 424 kB) Parks & Wildlife Service, 2002, archived from the original on August 22, 2006 ; accessed on January 8, 2014 .
- ^ Brothers et al .: Tasmania's Offshore Islands. 2001.
- ^ Port Davey Islands. BirdLife International, accessed January 8, 2014 .