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Lachlan Island

Coordinates: 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000
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This article is about the Island in Tasmania. For the Island in Western Australia, see Lachlan Island (Western Australia).
Lachlan Island
Lachlan Island is located in Tasmania
Lachlan Island
Lachlan Island
Location in Tasmania
Geography
LocationEast Coast Tasmania
Coordinates42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E / -42.64000; 147.97000
ArchipelagoMaria Island Group
Adjacent toMercury Passage
Administration
Australia
Additional information
Time zone
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The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.


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