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Big Sandy Petrel Island

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Coordinates: 40°34′S 144°56′E / 40.567°S 144.933°E / -40.567; 144.933
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Big Sandy Petrel Island is an island game reserve with an area of 15.2 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Petrel Island Group, lying in Bass Strait close to Walker and Robbins Islands in north-west Tasmania.

Fauna

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Recorded breeding seabird, shorebird and waterbird species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher and Cape Barren goose. Tiger snakes are present.[1]

References

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  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

40°34′S 144°56′E / 40.567°S 144.933°E / -40.567; 144.933


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