Harbour Islets (Tasmania)

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The Harbour Islets are a group of two adjacent small rocky islands, joined at low tide, with a combined area of 3.13 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Trefoil Island Group, lying close to Cape Grim, Tasmania’s most north-westerly point, in Bass Strait. .

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and shorebird species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern. The mudflats exposed at low tide form a roosting site for waders.[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°38′S 144°44′E / -40.633, 144.733


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