Location of Foster Islands off the coast of
Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°43′S 147°58′E / 40.717°S 147.967°E |
Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area | 48 ha (120 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
The Foster Islands, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are two small granite islands with a combined area of 48 hectares (120 acres) situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. [1] The islands form part of Small Bass Strait Island nature reserve. [2]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Gygnet, Swan, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets. [1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican. Cape Barren geese also breed on the island. The metallic skink is present. [1]