Egg Island, Horseshoe Reef

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Egg Island is a small island, with an area of 0.97 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the North Coast Group, lying in Bass Strait on Horseshoe Reef near Devonport in north-west Tasmania.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species include Little Penguin, Black-faced Cormorant (over 500 pairs), Silver Gull, Crested Tern and Caspian Tern.[1]

[edit] References

  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

Coordinates: 41°09′S 146°25′E / -41.15, 146.417


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