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    Wild Wind Islets

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    Wild Wind Islets
    A Landsat image of the Mutton Bird Islands Group.
    Wild Wind Islets is located in Tasmania
    Wild Wind Islets
    Wild Wind Islets
    Location off the south western coast of Tasmania
    Geography
    LocationSouth western Tasmania
    Coordinates43°27′S 146°00′E / 43.450°S 146.000°E / -43.450; 146.000
    ArchipelagoMutton Bird Islands Group
    Adjacent toSouthern Ocean
    Area3.95 ha (9.8 acres)[1]
    Administration
    Australia
    StateTasmania
    RegionSouth West
    Demographics
    PopulationUnpopulated

    The Wild Wind Islets comprise a group of five steep rocky unpopulated islets located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the 3.95-hectare (9.8-acre) islets are one of the eight islands that comprise the Mutton Bird Islands Group. The Wild Wind Islets are part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]

    Fauna

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    The island is part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[3] Recorded breeding seabird species are the short-tailed shearwater, (20,000 pairs), fairy prion (3000 pairs), common diving-petrel (3000 pairs) and silver gull. The white-bellied sea-eagle has nested there. The metallic skink is present.[2]

    See also

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    • List of islands of Tasmania

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
    2. ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
    3. ^ "IBA: Port Davey Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2011.


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