Maclean Island

Maclean Island

Maclean Island Location of Maclean Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°45′S 147°56′E
Archipelago	Waterhouse Island Group
Area	1.11 ha (2.7 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The Maclean Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) uninhabited granite islet, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.^[1]

Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Baynes, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.^[1]

Fauna

Pacific gulls nest on the island

Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and Pacific gull. The Cape Barren goose has also nested on the island.^[1]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

1. 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