Black Pyramid Rock

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Black Pyramid Rock is an island nature reserve, with an area of 40 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is notable for its Australasian Gannet colony which, at over 12,000 pairs, is the largest in Tasmania.

[edit] Fauna

Apart from the gannets, breeding seabirds and shorebirds include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Fairy Prion, Common Diving-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. The only reptile recorded is White's Skink. The island is used occasionally as a haul-out site by Australian Fur Seals.[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°28′S 144°21′E / -40.467, 144.35


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