Sisters Island is a small island with an area of , off

Sisters Beach Sisters Beach is a locality and small town located in the Waratah-Wynyard municipality of Tasmania within fifteen minutes of Wynyard, in Tasmania's North West. It is located within the Rocky Cape National Park and is situated on the old horse tr ...

on the northwest coast of Tasmania, south-eastern

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. The island is locally known as 'Snook Island' due to the large schools o
Snook
that local fishermen frequently come across close to the perimeter of the island.

Features

Much of the island is covered with a dense canopy of ''

Coprosma repens ''Coprosma repens'' is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus ''Coprosma'', in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and sh ...

''. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include

little penguin The little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as little blue penguins or blue penguins owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name . The Australian lit ...

short-tailed shearwater The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (''Ardenna tenuirostris''; formerly ''Puffinus tenuirostris''), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in A ...

, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.

History

Ship wrecks

L'Enterprise ''L'Enterprise'' was a French schooner wrecked on the Sister Islands in Bass Strait off Tasmania, in 1802 or 1803 Registered in Mauritius, ''L'Enterprise'' was a schooner of 90 tons. Voyage Her master, Alexander Le Corre, sought permission fro ...

'' was a French schooner wrecked on the Island in 1802 or 1803.

References

Islands of Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub