Islands of Australia
Devils Tower, Bass Strait, Tasmania – 1857 engraving Devils Tower comprises two small and rugged granite islands, with a combined area of 4.77 hectares (11.8 acres ), in south-eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania ’s Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria . It is a nature reserve .
The island was sighted and named by Lieutenant James Grant on 9 December 1800 from the survey brig HMS Lady Nelson .[ 1]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird species include short-tailed shearwater , fairy prion and common diving-petrel . The metallic skink is present. The island is also used as a regular haul-out site for Australian fur seals .[ 2]
See also
The other islands in the Curtis Group:
References
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Grant, James (1803). The narrative of a voyage of discovery, performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen: with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales ISBN 978-0-7243-0036-5 . Retrieved 25 January 2012 .
^ 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
39°22′S 146°44′E / 39.367°S 146.733°E / -39.367; 146.733
