Bears Island (Tasmania)

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Bears Island is a small island with an area of 0.34 ha, lying off the north-west tip of Three Hummock Island in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island.

[edit] Fauna

Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include Little Penguin, Common Diving-Petrel, Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher.[1]

[edit] 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

Coordinates: 40°26′S 144°50′E / -40.433, 144.833


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