Lachlan Island

Lachlan Island
Lachlan Island
Location in Tasmania
Geography
Location East Coast Tasmania
Coordinates 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000Coordinates: 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000
Archipelago Maria Island Group
Adjacent bodies of water Mercury Passage
Area 2.5 ha (6.2 acres)
Administration
Australia
State Tasmania
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)

The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.


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