Mewstone
Nickname: Mewstone Island; The Mewstone | ||
|---|---|---|
State Tasmania | | |
| Region | South coast | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population | Unpopulated | |
Mewstone is an unpopulated island, composed of
The highest point of the island is approximately 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level.[2] Mewstone has abundant bird life and has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world populations of shy albatrosses and fairy prions.[3]
Etymology
In 1642 it was described by
Great Mew Stone, an island about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south-southeast of Furneaux's birthplace in Plymouth, United Kingdom. The Great Mewstone got its name from the old English name for the herring gull; mew.[6]
Although it is sometimes referred to as Mewstone Island or The Mewstone, its official name is simply Mewstone.[7]
Flora and fauna
There is very little flora due to the rocky nature of the island. What little plant life there is grows in crevices in the rocks where soil has accumulated.[8]
Recorded breeding
See also
- List of islands of Tasmania
- South East Cape
- South West Cape
References
- ^ a b c "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
- ^ "IBA: Mewstone". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Heeres, J. E., ed. (2006). "Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of his Discovery of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand in 1642 with Documents Relating to his Exploration of Australia in 1644...to which are added his Life and Labours, 1898". Gutenberg of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2006.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "The Great Mewstone". South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Place Name Search for Mewstone, Tasmania". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
- ISBN 0-9594866-0-7.
