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Tucks Reef

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Coordinates: 40°15′S 148°14′E / 40.250°S 148.233°E / -40.250; 148.233
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Tucks Reef is a small rocky island, with an area of 1.14 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.

Fauna

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Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, pied oystercatcher and sooty oystercatcher.[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°15′S 148°14′E / 40.250°S 148.233°E / -40.250; 148.233


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