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South Pasco Island

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Island in Tasmania, Australia

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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
Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia
Islands located in the Bass Strait
Curtis Group
Furneaux Group
Hogan Group
Hunter Group
Kent Group
New Year Group
Rodondo Group
Waterhouse Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the Southern Ocean
ungrouped
Islands located in the Tasman Sea
Partridge Group
Sloping Group
Tasman Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean

39°57′S 147°45′E / 39.950°S 147.750°E / -39.950; 147.750


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