Trumpeter Islets (Tasmania)

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Trumpeter Islets (43°16′52″S, 145°48′36″E) is a group of two islets totalling about 1 hectare in area, located approximately 6 km north of the entrance to Port Davey, Tasmania. It is a breeding site for Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Black-faced Cormorant and Caspian Tern.[1].

The group is part of the Southwest National Park.

[edit] References

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