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Edwards Islet (Tasmania)

Coordinates: 40°36′S 144°47′E / 40.600°S 144.783°E / -40.600; 144.783
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For the Edwards Islet in the Pitcairn Islands, see Edwards Islet (Ducie Islands).

Edwards Islet is a small island with an area of 0.58 ha in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island.

Fauna

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Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1]

References

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  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

40°36′S 144°47′E / 40.600°S 144.783°E / -40.600; 144.783


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