The Foster Islands, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are two small graniteislands with a combined area of 48 hectares (120 acres) situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1] The islands form part of Small Bass Strait Island nature reserve.[2]
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Landsat image of Foster Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania
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Location of Foster Islands off the coast of Tasmania
^ abcBrothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN0-7246-4816-X
^. Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment. Tasmania. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
foster, islands, tasmania, other, uses, foster, island, foster, islands, part, waterhouse, island, group, small, granite, islands, with, combined, area, hectares, acres, situated, banks, strait, part, bass, strait, lying, close, north, eastern, coast, tasmania. For other uses see Foster Island The Foster Islands part of the Waterhouse Island Group are two small granite islands with a combined area of 48 hectares 120 acres situated in Banks Strait part of Bass Strait lying close to the north eastern coast of Tasmania Australia 1 The islands form part of Small Bass Strait Island nature reserve 2 Foster IslandsLandsat image of Foster Islands Bass Strait TasmaniaFoster IslandsLocation of Foster Islands off the coast of TasmaniaGeographyLocationBanks Strait Bass StraitCoordinates40 43 S 147 58 E 40 717 S 147 967 E 40 717 147 967ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island GroupArea48 ha 120 acres AdministrationAustraliaStateTasmania Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth Tenth Waterhouse Little Waterhouse Maclean Baynes Gygnet Swan Little Swan St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets 1 Fauna editRecorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin short tailed shearwater white faced storm petrel Pacific gull sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican Cape Barren geese also breed on the island The metallic skink is present 1 See also edit nbsp Australia portal nbsp Islands portal nbsp Environment portal List of islands of TasmaniaReferences edit a b c Brothers Nigel Pemberton David Pryor Helen amp Halley Vanessa 2001 Tasmania s Offshore Islands seabirds and other natural features Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Hobart ISBN 0 7246 4816 X Small Bass Strait Island Reserves Draft Management Plan Department of Primary Industries Water and Environment Tasmania October 2000 Archived from the original on 30 March 2011 Retrieved 4 February 2012 nbsp This Tasmania geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Foster Islands Tasmania amp oldid 1032281702, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
