![Sloping Island and Hog Island](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Sloping_Island_and_Hog_Island.jpg)
The Sloping Island Group is a group of small islands in south-eastern
Tasmania
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They lie close to the south-eastern coast of
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around the
Tasman and
Forestier Peninsula
The Forestier Peninsula is a peninsula located in south-east Tasmania, Australia, approximately by the Arthur Highway, south-east of Hobart. The peninsula is connected to mainland Tasmania at East Bay Neck, near the town of at its norther ...
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[Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ]
The group consists of:
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* Sloping Island
Sloping Island, incorporating the adjacent Sloping Reef, is an island nature reserve, with an area of 117 ha, in Tasmania in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania a ...
* Barren Island
* Fulham Island
* Hog Island
* King George Island
* Smooth Island
* Spectacle Island
* Little Spectacle Island
* Visscher Island
* Woody Island
References
Islands of South East Tasmania
Protected areas of Tasmania
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