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

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An 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

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, Australia. The island is located near

Three Hummock Island The Three Hummock Island, part of the Hunter Island Group, is a granite island, located in the Bass Strait near King Island, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is named after its three most prominent hills, Nor ...

, 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'' 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 ha in Bass Strait, part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lie between north-west Tasmania and King Island. They are steep and largely bare of vegetation. Fauna Breeding se ...

* Penguin Islet * South Black Rock * Steep Island *

Stack Island Stack Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 23.7 ha and a high point 54 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Isla ...

Birds

The island forms part of the

Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area The Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area comprises several islands in the Hunter Island Group and Trefoil Island Group lying off the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Collectively, they have an area of 152 km2. They have bee ...

because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered

orange-bellied parrot The orange-bellied parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster'') is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate. It was described by John Latham in 1790. A small parrot around long, it exhibits sex ...

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

References