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The '''Trumpeter Islets''' comprise a group of two unpopulated [[islet]]s, with a combined area of about a [[hectare]], located close to the [[South West Tasmania|south-western]] coast of [[Tasmania]], Australia. Situated some {{convert|6|km}} where the [[mouth (river)|mouth]] of [[Port Davey]] meets the [[Southern Ocean]], the {{convert|1|ha|adj=on}} island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the [[Southwest National Park]] and the [[Tasmanian Wilderness]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="consmgt">{{cite web |title=Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |year=2002 |publisher=[[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]] |page=30 |accessdate=20 July 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060822190600/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |archivedate=22 August 2006}}</ref><ref name=Brothers2001>{{cite book |author1=Brothers, Nigel |author2=Pemberton, David |author3=Pryor, Helen |author4=Halley, Vanessa |date=2001 |title=Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features |publisher=[[Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery]] |location=Hobart |isbn=0-7246-4816-X }}</ref> |
The '''Trumpeter Islets''' comprise a group of two unpopulated [[islet]]s, with a combined area of about a [[hectare]], located close to the [[South West Tasmania|south-western]] coast of [[Tasmania]], Australia. Situated some {{convert|6|km}} where the [[mouth (river)|mouth]] of [[Port Davey]] meets the [[Southern Ocean]], the {{convert|1|ha|adj=on}} island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the [[Southwest National Park]] and the [[Tasmanian Wilderness]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="consmgt">{{cite web |title=Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |year=2002 |publisher=[[Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service]] |page=30 |accessdate=20 July 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060822190600/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |archivedate=22 August 2006}}</ref><ref name=Brothers2001>{{cite book |author1=Brothers, Nigel |author2=Pemberton, David |author3=Pryor, Helen |author4=Halley, Vanessa |date=2001 |title=Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features |publisher=[[Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery]] |location=Hobart |isbn=0-7246-4816-X }}</ref> |
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  Trumpeter Islets Location off the south western coast of Tasmania | |
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| Location | South western Tasmania |
| Archipelago | Trumpeter Islets Group |
| Adjacent to | Southern Ocean |
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| Population | Unpopulated |
The Trumpeter Islets comprise a group of two unpopulated islets, with a combined area of about a hectare, located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) where the mouthofPort Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the 1-hectare (2.5-acre) island is part of the Trumpeter Islets Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]
The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3] Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (1000 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (1000 pairs), Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The Tasmanian tree skink is present.[2]
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