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Maclean Island

Coordinates: 40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E / -40.750; 147.933
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Maclean Island
Maclean Island is located in Tasmania
Maclean Island
Maclean Island
Location of Maclean Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E / -40.750; 147.933
ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island Group
Area1.11 ha (2.7 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Maclean Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) uninhabited granite islet, 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, Baynes, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.[1]

Fauna

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Pacific gull standing on beach
Pacific gulls nest on the island

Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and Pacific gull. The Cape Barren goose has also nested on the island.[1]

See also

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References

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  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