Iron Pot
The Iron Pot Lighthouse, Iron Pot, Australia
Iron Pot is a small flat sandstone island with an area of 1.27 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Betsey Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the River Derwent. It is the site of Iron Pot Lighthouse Tasmania's first lighthouse.[1]
Flora and fauna[]
The vegetation is dominated by boxthorn and lupins. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, pied oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.[1]
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Coordinates: 43°03′31.4″S 147°25′01.9″E / 43.058722°S 147.417194°E
Categories:
- Islands of Tasmania
- Tasmania geography stubs