geo.wikisort.org - IslandThe Councillor Island, part of the New Year Group, is a 10.53-hectare (26.0-acre) granite island located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1][2][3]
Island in Tasmania, Australia
Councillor Island Councillor Island, located right, relative to King Island |
Location of Councillor Island in the Bass Strait |
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Location | Bass Strait |
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Coordinates | 39°49′48″S 144°09′36″E |
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Archipelago | New Year Group |
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Area | 10.53 ha (26.0 acres) |
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Australia |
State | Tasmania |
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LGA | Municipality of King Island |
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The island forms part of the King Island Important Bird Area because of its importance for breeding seabirds and waders.[4]
Fauna
Breeding seabird and shorebird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. Reptiles include eastern blue-tongued lizard.[3]
See also
Australia portal
Islands portal
References
- "Councillor Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- "Travel: King Island". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
- "King Island". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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[de] Councillor Island
Councillor Island ist eine unbewohnte, 10,53 Hektar große Insel im Südosten Australiens, die zum Bundesstaat Tasmanien gehört. Sie ist Teil der New-Year-Island-Gruppe (im weiten Sinn). Etwa drei Kilometer weiter westlich liegt die bewohnte, deutlich größere Insel King Island mit der Landspitze Cowper Point.[1][2] Die Angaben zur Höhe von Councillor Island schwanken zwischen fünf Meter[2] und 23 Meter.[3] Nach Süden hin setzt sich die Insel mit über- und unterseeischen Felsen fort.[3] Mehrfach verursachten die Felsen um Councillor Island Havarien von Schiffen.[4]
- [en] Councillor Island
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