  Bird RockLocation of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°E / -40.917; 148.317 |
| Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area | 1 ha (2.5 acres) |
| Administration | |
| Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The Bird Rock, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is an uninhabited 1-hectare (2.5-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and George Rocks islet.
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull and Caspian tern.
See also
References
- ^ 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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