Cooties Reef

Cooties Reef
aerial view of Vansittart Island with Cooties reef as a bright speck below
Cooties Reef
Geography
Location Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°18′S 148°19′E / 40.300°S 148.317°E / -40.300; 148.317Coordinates: 40°18′S 148°19′E / 40.300°S 148.317°E / -40.300; 148.317
Archipelago Vansittart Island Group
Area 0.15 ha (0.37 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania

Cooties Reef is a narrow islet, with an area of 0.15 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.

Fauna

Pacific gulls breed on the island, and the metallic skink is present. Black-faced cormorants roost on the south side.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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


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