Chicken Island (Tasmania)

Coordinates: 43°34′12″S 146°36′00″E / 43.57000°S 146.60000°E / -43.57000; 146.60000
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Chicken Island
Chicken Island is located in Tasmania
Chicken Island
Chicken Island
Location off the southern coast of Tasmania
Geography
LocationSouth West Tasmania
Coordinates43°34′12″S 146°36′00″E / 43.57000°S 146.60000°E / -43.57000; 146.60000
ArchipelagoMaatsuyker Islands Group
Adjacent toSouthern Ocean
Area1.95 ha (4.8 acres)[1]
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
RegionSouth West
Demographics
PopulationUnpopulated

Chicken Island is an

Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]

Flora and fauna

The vegetation is dominated by

common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-7246-4816-X
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