Moriarty Rocks

Moriarty Rocks is at the bottom of the picture, Moriarty Bank lies to the left.

Moriarty Rocks are a group of two major granite rocks, and several smaller ones, with a combined area of 2.46 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. They are a nature reserve.[1]

Flora and fauna

There is little vegetation on the rocks, due to them being frequently wave-washed. black-faced cormorants breed there, and they hold an important breeding colony of Australian fur seals, with up to about 1000 pups being born there annually.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Tasmania, October 2000, retrieved 2012-02-04
  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

Coordinates: 40°35′S 148°16′E / 40.583°S 148.267°E / -40.583; 148.267


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