Hog Island (Tasmania)

Hog Island (Tasmania)

Hog Island is a small island nature reserve, with an area of 0.35 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.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]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific Gull, Kelp Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern.

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