Geography | |
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Location | South West Tasmania |
Coordinates | 43°34′12″S 146°36′00″E / 43.57000°S 146.60000°E |
Archipelago | Maatsuyker Islands Group |
Adjacent to | Southern Ocean |
Area | 1.95 ha (4.8 acres) [1] |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Region | South West |
Demographics | |
Population | Unpopulated |
Chicken Island is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The low, flat, 1.95-hectare (0.0075 sq mi) island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. [1] [2]
The vegetation is dominated by Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Senecio pinnatifolius. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. [1] [2]