Leelinger Island is a flat dolerite island with an area of 1.54 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Hibbs Pyramid Group, lying close to the central western coast of Tasmania.[1]
Fauna
editRecorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (400 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (6000 pairs), Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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
42°38′S 145°17′E / 42.633°S 145.283°E
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