The Little Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 12.64-hectare (31.2-acre) uninhabited graniteisland situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Little Swan Island
Little Swan Island lies behind Swan Island in this aerial photo.
little, swan, island, confused, with, swan, island, tasmania, other, uses, swan, island, part, waterhouse, island, group, hectare, acre, uninhabited, granite, island, situated, banks, strait, part, bass, strait, lying, close, north, eastern, coast, tasmania, a. Not to be confused with Swan Island Tasmania For other uses see Swan Island The Little Swan Island part of the Waterhouse Island Group is a 12 64 hectare 31 2 acre uninhabited granite island situated in Banks Strait part of Bass Strait lying close to the north eastern coast of Tasmania Australia 1 Little Swan IslandLittle Swan Island lies behind Swan Island in this aerial photo Little Swan IslandLocation of Swan Island off the coast of TasmaniaGeographyLocationBanks Strait Bass StraitCoordinates40 43 S 148 04 E 40 717 S 148 067 E 40 717 148 067ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island GroupArea12 64 ha 31 2 acres AdministrationAustraliaStateTasmaniaDemographicsPopulationuninhabited Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include 1 the Ninth Tenth Waterhouse Little Waterhouse Maclean Baynes Cygnet Foster Swan Bird Rock George Rocks St Helens and Paddys islands Fauna editRecorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin short tailed shearwater common diving petrel white faced storm petrel Pacific gull sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican The pelican colony is the southernmost in Australia 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 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 Little Swan Island amp oldid 1032281951, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
