Flat Top Island

Flat Top Island is an island located close to the South West Tasmania, south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands, Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.

Fauna

The island is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maatsuyker Island Group. Downloaded from on 09/08/2011. Recorded breeding seabird species are the short-tailed shearwater (400 pairs), fairy prion (5000 pairs), common diving-petrel (1000 pairs) and Pacific gull. The island is a hauling-out, haul-out site for the Australian fur seal. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.

See also

* South East Cape
* South West Cape, Tasmania, South West Cape
* List of islands of Tasmania

References

Protected areas of Tasmania
Important Bird Areas of Tasmania
Islands of South West Tasmania

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