Island in Tasmania, Australia
Tin Kettle Island aerial view Tin Kettle Island is a long, sandy island, with an area of 176 ha , in south-eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania ’s Tin Kettle Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group . The island is joined at low tide to nearby Anderson and Little Andersons by extensive intertidal mudflats . The island is farmed, mainly cattle grazing.[ 1] Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[ 2]
History
A small community of “sealers” was living on the island by the 1840s.[ 3]
Flora and fauna
The original vegetation has mostly been replaced by introduced pasture grasses .
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin , Pacific gull , sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher . The intertidal areas support large numbers of migratory waders. 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
^ "BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands" . BirdLife International. Retrieved 26 May 2017 .^ Kostoglou, Parry (1996). Sealing in Tasmania (First ed.). Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service. p. 105.
40°17′S 148°08′E / 40.283°S 148.133°E / -40.283; 148.133
