South Pasco Island

South Pasco Island

South Pasco Island is an island, with an area of 21 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Pasco Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. It is used for grazing sheep.

Fauna

Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Caspian Tern and Sooty Oystercatcher. White's Skink is present.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]

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