Smooth Island (Tasmania)
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Smooth Island is a privately owned island, with an area of 59 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.[1]
[edit] Flora and fauna
The islands natural vegetation has been largely destroyed and it is mainly a grass paddock with thistles, bracken, scattered boxthorn bushes and some remnant eucalypts.[1]
Recorded breeding seabird species are Little Penguin and Short-tailed Shearwater.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 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
Coordinates: 42°56′S 147°47′E / 42.933°S 147.783°E
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