The Hunter Island, the main island of the Hunter Island Group, is a island, located in

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...

, that lies between

King Island King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to: Australia * King Island (Queensland) * King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland * King Island (Tasmania) ** King Island Council, the local government area that contains the Tasmanian is ...

and north-west Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near Three Hummock Island, several kilometres off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island. A privately owned barge is used for transport to Smithton on the north coast of Tasmania. The island is approximately long, and wide at its widest point. The East India Ship ''

Phatisalam ''Phatisalam'' was a ship of 259 tons, that was built in Cochin, India in 1816. It was wrecked in 1821, leading to the deaths of eight people. Under the command of Captain Peter Dillon the ship left Calcutta on 25 January 1821. It was a slow ...

'' was wrecked on the island in 1821.

Hunter Island Group

The Hunter Island Group includes: * Hunter Island * Albatross Island * Bears Island * Bird Island *

Black Pyramid Rock Black Pyramid Rock from the west Black Pyramid Rock is an island nature reserve, with an area of 40 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Isla ...

Dugay Islet Dugay Islet is a small island with an area of 0.44 ha in Bass Strait, north-western Tasmania. It is part of Tasmania's Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island.On Geoscience Australia data bases as Dugay Is ...

* Edwards Islet *

Nares Rocks Nares Rocks are a group of three rocks with a total area of 0.76 hectare, ha in Bass Strait, part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lie between north-west Tasmania and King Island (Tasmania), King Island. They are steep and largely bare of ...

* Penguin Islet *

South Black Rock South Black Rock is a small island with an area of <1 ha, in

Steep Island * Stack Island * Three Hummock Island

Birds

The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot between south-west Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from on 09/07/2011.

References

Important Bird Areas of Tasmania Islands of Australia (tenure: conservation area) Localities of Circular Head Council Islands of Bass Strait Surfing locations in Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub

Hunter Island Group

Birds

See also

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