Twin Islets

Map of the Hogan Group of islands showing Twin Islets

The Twin Islets form a close pair of small, steep-sided, granite islands, with a combined area of 5.61 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.^[1]

References

↑ 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

Islands of Tasmania, Australia

Bass Strait	Albatross Boundary Cape Barren Clarke Deal Dover East Erith Flinders Goat Hogan Hunter Judgement Rocks King Long North East Robbins Round Islet Seal Rock South West Isle Three Hummock Three Sisters Twin Islets Walker

Southern Ocean	Big Caroline Breaksea Chicken Coffee Pot De Witt East Pyramids Eddystone Fitzroy Flat Top Flat Witch Hay Hen Hibbs Pyramid Hobbs Ile du Golfe Inner Rocks Kathleen Louisa Lourah Maatsuyker Mavourneen Mewstone Munday Mutton Bird Mutton Bird (southeast) Mutton Bird (southwest) Needles Round Top Shanks Sidmouth Sugarloaf Sugarmouse Swainson Trumpeter Walker Wendar Western Rocks West Pyramid Wild Wind

Tasman Sea	Barren Boomer Bruny Dart des Phoques du Nord Eddystone Egg Friars Fulham Garden Governor Green Hog Hope Images King George Lachlan The Lanterns Little Spectacle Maria Nuggets Partridge Pedra Branca Picnic Satellite Schouten Sloping Smooth Spectacle Tasman Visscher Wedge Woody

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Coordinates: 39°12′8″S 146°59′2″E / 39.20222°S 146.98389°E / -39.20222; 146.98389

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