Sugarloaf Rock is a small
granite island, with an area of 1.07
ha, in 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 ...
. It is part of
Tasmania’s Curtis Group, lying in northern
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 ...
between the
Furneaux Group and
Wilsons Promontory in
Victoria.
Fauna
Recorded breeding
seabird species include
fairy prion and
common diving-petrel. It is also used as a
haul-out site for
Australian fur seal
The brown fur seal (''Arctocephalus pusillus''), also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.
Description
The brown fur seal is the largest and most robust member of the fur seals. ...
s.
[Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ]
Flora
Some of the flora that have been recorded on Sugarloaf Rock include the
Zantedeschia aethiopica.
See also
The other islands in the Curtis Group:
*
Cone Islet
*
Curtis Island
*
Devils Tower
References
Islands of Tasmania
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