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The Hunter Island, the main island of the Hunter Island Group, is a
The island forms part of the
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 ...
, located in Bass Strait, that lies between King Island and north-west Tasmania
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, Australia.
The island is located near Three Hummock Island
The Three Hummock Island, part of the Hunter Island Group, is a granite island, located in the Bass Strait near King Island, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The island is named after its three most prominent hills, Nor ...
, several kilometres off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island. A privately owned barge is used for transport to Smithton on the north coast of Tasmania. The island is approximately long, and wide at its widest point.
The East India Ship '' Phatisalam'' was wrecked on the island in 1821.
Hunter Island Group
The Hunter Island Group includes: * Hunter Island * Albatross Island * Bears Island * Bird Island * Black Pyramid Rock * Dugay Islet * Edwards Islet *Nares Rocks
Nares Rocks are a group of three rocks with a total area of 0.76 ha in Bass Strait, part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lie between north-west Tasmania and King Island. They are steep and largely bare of vegetation.
Fauna
Breeding se ...
* Penguin Islet
* South Black Rock
* Steep Island
* Stack Island
Stack Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 23.7 ha and a high point 54 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Isl ...
* Three Hummock Island
The Three Hummock Island, part of the Hunter Island Group, is a granite island, located in the Bass Strait near King Island, lying off the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The island is named after its three most prominent hills, Nor ...
Birds
The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area
The Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area comprises several islands in the Hunter Island Group and Trefoil Island Group lying off the north-western coast of Tasmania, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, i ...
because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot
The orange-bellied parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster'') is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate. It was described by John Latham in 1790. A small parrot around long, it exhibits sex ...
between south-west Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from on 09/07/2011.
See also
*List of islands of Tasmania
Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. The other islands have a combined area of , for a cumulative total of 99.75% o ...
References
Important Bird Areas of Tasmania Islands of Australia (tenure: conservation area) Localities of Circular Head Council Islands of Bass Strait Surfing locations in Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub