The Bird Rock, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is an uninhabited 1-hectare (2.5-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Bird Rock

Bird Rock Location of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location	Banks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°55′S 148°19′E
Archipelago	Waterhouse Island Group
Area	1 ha (2.5 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and George Rocks islet.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and Caspian tern.[1]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

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