Hobbs Island (Tasmania)

Hobbs Island
Nickname: Green Island
Hobbs Island

Location off the south western coast of Tasmania

Geography
Location South western Tasmania
Coordinates 43°13′12″S 145°46′48″E / 43.22000°S 145.78000°E / -43.22000; 145.78000Coordinates: 43°13′12″S 145°46′48″E / 43.22000°S 145.78000°E / -43.22000; 145.78000
Archipelago Trumpeter Islets Group
Adjacent bodies of water Southern Ocean
Area 9.7 ha (24 acres)[1]
Country
Australia
State Tasmania
Region South West
Demographics
Population Unpopulated

Hobbs Island, also known as Green Island, is an unpopulated island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated some 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the 9.7-hectare (24-acre) island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]

Fauna

The island is part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3] Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (11,000 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (11,000 pairs), Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher. The rakali has been recorded from the island. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  2. 1 2 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
  3. "IBA: Port Davey Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2011.


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