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Coordinates: 40°5414S 145°3444E / 40.90389°S 145.57889°E / -40.90389; 145.57889
 

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Sisters Island
Sisters Island taken from near Rocky Cape
Sisters Island is located in Tasmania
Sisters Island

Sisters Island

Location in Tasmania

Geography
LocationTasmania, Australia
Coordinates40°54′14S 145°34′44E / 40.90389°S 145.57889°E / -40.90389; 145.57889
Adjacent toBass Strait
Major islandsTasmania
Area0.0143 km2 (0.0055 sq mi)
Administration

Australia

Sisters Island is a small island with an area of 1.43 hectares (3.5 acres), off Sisters Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. The island is locally known as 'Snook Island' due to the large schools of Snook that local fishermen frequently come across close to the perimeter of the island.

Features[edit]

Much of the island is covered with a dense canopy of Coprosma repens. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

History[edit]

Ship wrecks[edit]

L'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Island in 1802 or 1803.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.


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