Hog Island (Tasmania)

For other places with the same name, see Hog Island.

Hog Island
Hog Island (left) and the nearby larger Sloping Island (right)
Hog Island is located in Tasmania
Hog Island
Hog Island
Location in Tasmania
Geography
LocationFrederick Henry Bay
Coordinates42°56′24″S 147°39′00″E / 42.94000°S 147.65000°E / -42.94000; 147.65000
ArchipelagoSloping Island Group
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

Hog Island is a small island and nature reserve, with an area of 0.35 hectares (0.86 acres), part of the Sloping Island Group, lying in the Frederick Henry Bay, close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.[1]

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1]

See also

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


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