Hunter_Island_(Tasmania)

Hunter Island (Tasmania)

Hunter Island (Tasmania)

Island in Tasmania, Australia

The Hunter Island, the main island of the Hunter Island Group, is a 7,330-hectare (18,100-acre) island, located in Bass Strait, that lies between King Island and north-west Tasmania, Australia.

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The island is located near Three Hummock Island, several kilometres off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island. A privately owned barge is used for transport to Smithton on the north coast of Tasmania. The island is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) long, and 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) wide at its widest point.

The East India Ship Phatisalam was wrecked on the island in 1821.

Hunter Island Group

The Hunter Island Group includes:

Birds

The island lies on the migration route of the orange-bellied parrot.

The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot between south-west Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2012. on 09/07/2011.
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