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The Thumbs (Tasmania)

August 29, 2023

The Thumbs is a small and jagged island, with three prominent spires and an area of 4,500 square metres (1.1 acres), in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Tasman Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman Peninsula, and is in the Tasman National Park.[1]

The site is used by Australian fur seals for hauling out

Fauna Edit

Recorded breeding seabird species are common diving-petrel and black-faced cormorant. Australian fur seals use the island as a haul-out site.[1] Together, The Thumbs and the nearby Hippolyte Rocks have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants.[2]

References Edit

  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ "IBA: Hippolyte Rocks". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

43°06′S 147°58′E / 43.100°S 147.967°E / -43.100; 147.967


 

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