Sisters Island (Tasmania)

Sisters Island
Sisters Island taken from near Rocky Cape
Sisters Island
Location in Tasmania
Geography
Location Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates 40°54′14″S 145°34′44″E / 40.90389°S 145.57889°E / -40.90389; 145.57889Coordinates: 40°54′14″S 145°34′44″E / 40.90389°S 145.57889°E / -40.90389; 145.57889
Adjacent bodies of water Bass Strait
Major islands Tasmania
Area 0.0143 km2 (0.0055 sq mi)
Administration
Australia

Sisters Island is a small island with an area of 1.43 hectares (3.5 acres), off Sisters Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania, south-eastern Australia.

Features

Much of the island is covered with a dense canopy of Coprosma repens. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

History

Ship wrecks

L'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Island in 1802 or 1803.

References

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


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