Sisters Island Group, Tasmania
- Sisters Island Group, Tasmania
Sisters Island Group (coord|39|41|35|S|147|54|36|E) is an unofficial name applied[cite book]
last = Brothers
first = Nigel
authorlink =
coauthors = David Pemberton, Helen Pryor, Vanessa Halley
title = Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features
publisher = Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
date = 2001
location = Hobart, Tasmania
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0-7246-4816-X ] to a group of three islands off the north end of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group off the north-east coast of Tasmania. The Sisters Island group consists of:
*Inner Sister Island (coord|39|41|42|S|147|55|1|E)
*Outer Sister Island (coord|39|39|14|S|147|59|31|E)
*Shag Reef(coord|39|40|19|S|147|59|42|E)The term does not appear in Australian place names at Geoscience Australia[cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=et al | date= | url=http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ |title=Place Name Search, Geoscience Australia|format= |work= |pages= |publisher=Geoscience Australia| doi= |accessdate=2006-07-21 ] . The name Sister Islands Conservation Area does appear there and is an official name for the area.]ee also
*Sisters Island, Tasmania
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