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The Breaksea Islands Group is a group of six
Breaksea Islands, Port Davey and Bathurst Harbour
* Protected areas of Tasmania Important Bird Areas of Tasmania Islands of South West Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub
The Breaksea Islands Group is a group of six 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 ...
s, in the Southern Ocean
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, off the southwestern
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coast of Tasmania
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Located near the mouth of Port Davey
Port Davey is an oceanic inlet located in the south west region of Tasmania, Australia.
Port Davey was named in honour of Thomas Davey, a former Governor of Tasmania. Port Davey is contained within the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Natur ...
, the group comprise the North Breaksea and Main Breaksea Islands, the Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
*Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
, Kathleen, and Munday islands, and the Mavourneen Rocks. The group have a total area of approximately and are contained within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site
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and the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve.
Fauna
The islands are noted as a breeding site for manyseabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same enviro ...
species, including 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 ...
(400 pairs), 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 ...
(3000-5000 pairs), fairy prion (20 pairs) and silver gull. The Tasmanian tree skink
The agile cool-skink or Tasmanian tree skink (''Carinascincus pretiosus'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. It is viviparous, and may be found in a wide variety of habitats, ...
is present. Rabbits were introduced in the 19th century by whalers. and have caused some damage to vegetation and soil.
The islands are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
The Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area comprises over 20 small, rocky islands scattered both within, and in the vicinity of, the mouth of Port Davey, an inlet on the south-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. They all lie within the Southw ...
, so identified by BirdLife International
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because of its importance for breeding seabirds.
See also
* List of islands of TasmaniaReferences
External links
Breaksea Islands, Port Davey and Bathurst Harbour
* Protected areas of Tasmania Important Bird Areas of Tasmania Islands of South West Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub