The North East Isle, part of the
Kent Group, is an unpopulated
granite island, located in the
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 ...
, lying off the north-east coast of
Tasmania, between the
Furneaux Group and
Wilsons Promontory in
Victoria, Australia.
The island has a peak elevation of
above mean sea level and is contained within the
Kent Group National Park
Kent Group National Park is located in Bass Strait covering the Kent Group islands of Tasmania, Australia. The islands cover an area of while the marine reserve component of the national park which surrounds the islands cover .
History and pri ...
. The island has been unmodified by human activity.
Fauna
Recorded breeding
seabird and
wader species include
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
fairy prion,
common diving-petrel,
Pacific gull and
sooty oystercatcher. Also present are the
white-footed dunnart
The white-footed dunnart (''Sminthopsis leucopus'') is a marsupial that occurs on Tasmania and mainland Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong. In southern New South Wal ...
and
White's skink
White's skink (''Liopholis whitii)'', also known commonly as White's rock skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, ''whitii'', is in honour of Irish surgeon and ...
.
[Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ]
See also
*
List of islands of Tasmania
References
External links
*
Islands of North East Tasmania
Protected areas of Tasmania
Islands of Bass Strait
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