Hog Island | |
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Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Map Width: | 280 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Label: | Hog Island |
Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | -42.94°N 147.65°W |
Location: | Frederick Henry Bay |
Archipelago: | Sloping Island Group |
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Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
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Hog Island is a small island and nature reserve, with an area of, part of the Sloping Island Group, lying in the Frederick Henry Bay, close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.[1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1]