Tenth Island
Tenth Island is a small island nature reserve, sometimes called "Barrenjoey", with an area of 900 m2, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Waterhouse Island Group, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania. It has no vegetation and much of it is wave-washed in winter storms.[1]
[edit] Fauna
The island is home to a significant breeding colony of Australian Fur Seals, with up to 400 pups born each year, though many drown in storms. Black-faced Cormorants also breed on the island and Little Penguins roost there.[1]
[edit] Shark attack
The island was the location of the last human shark attack fatality in Tasmania, on 5 June 1993, when Therese Cartwright ("age 35 and mother of five") was killed by a reportedly 5-metre long Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) while scuba diving at the seal colony.[2][3]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group with breeding seabirds include:[1]
- Ninth Island
- Waterhouse Island
- Little Waterhouse Island
- Maclean Island
- Baynes Island
- Cygnet Island
- Foster Islands
- Swan Island
- Little Swan Island
- Bird Rock
- George Rocks
- St Helens Island
- Paddys Island
[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
- ^ World Shark Attack Database: Fatal Shark Attack, Cartwright
- ^ The Mercury, Hobart. (12 January 2009). Tassie's history of sharks.[1]
Coordinates: 40°56′S 146°59′E / 40.933°S 146.983°E
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