Baynes Island
Appearance
Location of Baynes Island off the coast of Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°46′S 147°56′E / 40.767°S 147.933°E |
Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area | 1.62 ha (4.0 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
The Baynes Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are a group of three granite uninhabited islets connected at low tide, with a combined area of 1.62 hectares (4.0 acres), 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, Maclean, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]
Fauna
[edit]![Two silver gulls, one standing, the other in flight](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Silver_Gulls_Wings.jpg/220px-Silver_Gulls_Wings.jpg)
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The grey teal has also nested on the island.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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