Nares Rocks

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Nares Rocks are a group of three rocks with a total area of 0.76 ha in Bass Strait in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lie between north-west Tasmania and King Island. They are steep and largely bare of vegetation.

[edit] Fauna

Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include Common Diving-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Black-faced Cormorant.[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°35′S 144°41′E / -40.583, 144.683


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