South West Mutton Bird Islet

South West Mutton Bird Islet

South West Mutton Bird Islet is a dome-shaped islet, with an area of 0.52 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Its highest point is 28 m asl. It is part of the Mutton Bird Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. It is also part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.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 species are the Short-tailed Shearwater, (1000 pairs) and Fairy Prion (200 pairs).

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