Shanks Islands (Tasmania)
- Shanks Islands (Tasmania)
The Shanks Islands form a group of five small rocky islets, with a combined area of 2.72 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Swainson Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania, a kilometre from the eastern shore of Port Davey. 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 and wader species are the Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater (8700 pairs), Fairy Prion (5000 pairs), Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern.References
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