Bonnet Island

Photo of the lighthouse on Bonnet Island, Hells Gate, Tasmania

Bonnet Island is a low island with an area of 2.21 ha. It lies at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour in Western Tasmania Australia, in the vicinity of Hells Gates.[1][2] Due to its location and proximity to the entrance, it was involved as part the Macquarie Harbour Breakwater construction.[3]

Bonnet Island has a lighthouse, which was built before the Cape Sorell Lighthouse.[4]

Since November 2009, it has been opened up to tourists.[5]

As one of the Macquarie Harbour islands, and in the area of the entrance to the harbour, it has been surveyed and documented regularly.[6]

Fauna

About 250 pairs of little penguin breed on the island. Other species present include the metallic skink and short-tailed shearwaters.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ Prince, William, Looking back at Bonnet Island from Arcadia on way back to Strahan, retrieved 29 January 2021
  3. ^ Photograph - Building training wall, Bonnet Island, Macquarie Harbour, Libraries Tasmania, 1920, retrieved 29 January 2021
  4. ^ "The Hells Gate Lighthouses". Archived from the original on 10 May 2006.
  5. ^ a b "New life for historic island". ABC News. 12 November 2009.
  6. ^ Pemberton, Michael; Hawkins, Clare; Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust (New Zealand); Tasmania. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (2011), The islands of Macquarie Harbour : Hamish Saunders Memorial Island Survey Program 2009, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, ISBN 978-0-7246-6567-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

42°13′S 145°13′E / 42.217°S 145.217°E / -42.217; 145.217

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