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Sugarloaf Rock is a small granite island, with an area of 1.07 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.

This article is about the rock off north-east Tasmania. For the rock in the Mutton Bird Group off south-west Tasmania, see Sugarloaf Rock (Mutton Bird Group). For other uses, see Sugarloaf (disambiguation).


Fauna


Recorded breeding seabird species include fairy prion and common diving-petrel. It is also used as a haul-out site for Australian fur seals.[1]


Flora


Some of the flora that have been recorded on Sugarloaf Rock include the Zantedeschia aethiopica.


See also


The other islands in the Curtis Group:


References


  1. 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


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