Taillefer Rocks

Taillefer Rocks is a group of three small, rugged, granite islands, with a combined area of about 15 ha, in south-eastern Tasmania.

It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast near the Freycinet Peninsula and lies within the Freycinet National Park.[1][2]

Flora and fauna

This is one of the few islands where Oyster Bay pines occur.

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion and common diving petrel. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink, spotted skink and mountain dragon. Australian fur seals haul-out there in small numbers.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tasmania. Mapping Division (1993), Schouten (Ed. 1, 1993 ed.), Tasmap, retrieved 3 April 2015 – re the inset map of the rocks
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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: 42°21′S 148°18′E / 42.350°S 148.300°E