Maclean Island

Maclean Island
Maclean Island
Location of Maclean Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E / -40.750; 147.933
ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island Group
Area1.11 ha (2.7 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Maclean Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) uninhabited granite islet, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Baynes, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and Pacific gull. The Cape Barren goose has also nested on the island.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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