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Shanks Islands
Shanks Islands is located in TasmaniaShanks IslandsShanks IslandsLocation off the south western coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationSouth western Tasmania
Coordinates43°20′24″S 145°57′00″E / 43.34000°S 145.95000°E / -43.34000; 145.95000
ArchipelagoSwainson Islands Group
Adjacent to
Total islands5
Area2.72 ha (6.7 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
RegionSouth West
Demographics
PopulationUnpopulated

The Shanks Islands form a group of five small rocky islets located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated near where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the islets have a combined area of 2.72 hectares (6.7 acres) and are part of the Swainson Islands Group. They comprise part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.

Fauna

The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater (8,700 pairs), fairy prion (5,000 pairs), silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  2. ^ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.
  3. "IBA: Port Davey Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
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