Lachlan Island
Island in Tasmania, Australia
The Lachlan Island, part of the Maria Island Group, is an island with an area of about 2.5 hectares (6 acres) lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula, situated midway between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland.[1]
  Lachlan Island Location in Tasmania | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Coast Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 42°38′24″S 147°58′12″E / 42.64000°S 147.97000°E |
| Archipelago | Maria Island Group |
| Adjacent to | Mercury Passage |
| Area | 2.5 ha (6.2 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
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Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Rabbits were introduced in the early 20th century and were eventually eradicated in the 1990s.[1]
See also
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References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.
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