Foster Islands (Tasmania)

For other uses, see Foster Island.

Foster Islands
Landsat image of Foster Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania
Foster Islands is located in Tasmania
Foster Islands
Foster Islands
Location of Foster Islands off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationBanks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates40°43′S 147°58′E / 40.717°S 147.967°E / -40.717; 147.967
ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island Group
Area48 ha (120 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

The Foster Islands, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are two small granite islands with a combined area of 48 hectares (120 acres) situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1] The islands form part of Small Bass Strait Island nature reserve.[2]

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

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. Cape Barren geese also breed on the island. The metallic skink is present.[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
  2. ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment. Tasmania. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.


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