Sisters Island is a small island with an area of 1.43 hectares (3.5 acres), off Sisters Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. The island is locally known as 'Snook Island' due to the large schools of Snook that local fishermen frequently come across close to the perimeter of the island.
![]() Sisters Island taken from near Rocky Cape | |
Location in Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Tasmania, Australia |
Coordinates | 40°54′14″S 145°34′44″E / 40.90389°S 145.57889°E |
Adjacent to | Bass Strait |
Major islands | Tasmania |
Area | 0.0143 km2 (0.0055 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Australia |
Features
editMuch of the island is covered with a dense canopy of Coprosma repens. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]
History
editShip wrecks
editL'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Island in 1802 or 1803.
References
edit- ^ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.