Hog Island (Tasmania)

For other places with the same name, see Hog Island (disambiguation).
Hog Island
Hog Island

Location in Tasmania

Geography
Location Frederick Henry Bay
Coordinates 42°56′24″S 147°39′00″E / 42.94000°S 147.65000°E / -42.94000; 147.65000Coordinates: 42°56′24″S 147°39′00″E / 42.94000°S 147.65000°E / -42.94000; 147.65000
Archipelago Sloping Island Group
Country
Australia
State Tasmania

Hog Island is a small island and nature reserve, with an area of 0.35 hectares (0.86 acres), part of the Sloping Island Group, lying in the Frederick Henry Bay, close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.[1]

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X


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