Edwards Islet (Tasmania)

For the Edwards Islet in the Pitcairn Islands, see Edwards Islet (Ducie Islands).

Edwards Islet is a small island with an area of 0.58 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.

Fauna

Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Common Diving-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern.[1]

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