Island in Tasmania, Australia
"Sentinel Island Group" redirects here. For the Indian islands, see
Sentinel Island.
Sentinel Island is near the left edge of the top of the photo, just off the coast of Flinders Island
Sentinel Island is a granite island, with an area of 10 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Sentinel Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. Until 1985 it was used for grazing sheep.[1]
Sentinel Island Group
The Sentinel Island Group includes:
Fauna
Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, Pacific gull, Caspian tern and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X
39°50′S 147°46′E / 39.833°S 147.767°E / -39.833; 147.767