Wright Rock is a small, steep-sided granite island, with an area of 9.36 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 Bass Pyramid 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 Flinders Island and the Kent Group. It has been a nature reserve since 5 April 1978.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species include Pacific gull and silver gull. It is also an important 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, with pups being born there occasionally.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.

References

Furneaux Group Nature reserves in Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub

Fauna

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