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The 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]

Councillor Island
Councillor Island, located right, relative to King Island
Councillor Island
Location of Councillor Island in the Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°49′48″S 144°09′36″E
ArchipelagoNew Year Group
Area10.53 ha (26.0 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
LGAMunicipality of King Island

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



References


  1. "Councillor Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. "Travel: King Island". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. "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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