Rum Island (Tasmania)
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Rum Island is a granite island, with an area of 13.5 ha, just south of Preservation Island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south-west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. It is part of the Sydney Cove historic site.
[edit] Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern. The Metallic Skink is present on the island.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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