Coordinates: 39°50′S 147°46′E / 39.833°S 147.767°E / -39.833; 147.767

Sentinel Island (Tasmania)

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File:North west Flinders Island aerial.jpg
Sentinel Island is near the left edge of the top of the photo, just off the coast of Flinders Island

Sentinel Island is a granite island, with an area of 10 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Sentinel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. Until 1985 it was used for grazing sheep.[1]

Sentinel Island Group

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The Sentinel Island Group includes:

Fauna

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Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, Pacific gull, Caspian tern and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[1]

See also

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References

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  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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

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