Sentinel Island (Tasmania)
Sentinel Island is near the left edge of the top of the photo, just off the coast of Flinders Island
Sentinel Island is a granite island, with an area of 10 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Sentinel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. Until 1985 it was used for grazing sheep.[1]
Sentinel Island Group[]
The Sentinel Island Group includes:
- Sentinel Island
- Gossys Reef
- Little Island
Fauna[]
Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, Pacific gull, Caspian tern and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[1]
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Coordinates: 39°50′S 147°46′E / 39.833°S 147.767°E
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