The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.[1]
  Lachlan Island Location in Tasmania | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Coast Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E |
| Archipelago | Maria Island Group |
| Adjacent to | Mercury Passage |
| Area | 2.5 ha (6.2 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) | |
Fauna
editRecorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.
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