Visscher Island is an island, with an area of 3.4 ha, in south-eastern Tasmania, in Australia.
It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas. It is part of the Tasman National Park.
Flora and fauna
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, kelp gull and Caspian tern. Occasionally Australian fur seals haul-out there in small numbers. The metallic skink is present.
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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42°51′S 147°58′E / 42.850°S 147.967°E / -42.850; 147.967
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