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Refuge Island (Tasmania)

Coordinates: 42°10′S 148°15′E / 42.167°S 148.250°E / -42.167; 148.250
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Refuge Island is a flat granite island, with an area of about 6 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula and is part of the Freycinet National Park.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin and short-tailed shearwater. The spotted skink is present.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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

42°10′S 148°15′E / 42.167°S 148.250°E / -42.167; 148.250


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