The Nuggets

For the New Zealand islets, see Nugget Point.

The Nuggets - four separate islands off Cape Tourville, Tasmania The four Nuggets, Tasmania

The Nuggets is a close group of four granite islets, with a combined area of 6.76 hectares (16.7 acres), in south-eastern Australia. They lie close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula.,[1] and are near Cape Tourville, about 7 km north of Wineglass Bay and about 22 km north of Schouten Island.

The upper photograph, taken from Cape Tourville Lookout, appears to show two islets, but the left mass is actually two islets, making three in all. The lower photograph, taken from a ship about level with Cape Tourville Lighthouse, shows all four islets, with the largest of the group viewed against the mainland and therefore difficult to make out. Its closest edge looks something like a whale with seaweed draped on its head. The main plateau of the islet behind it is greenish in colour.

## Fauna

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Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[1]

Australian fur seals bask in the sun on convenient ledges.

## References

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1. ^ a b 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

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Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia

Islands located in the Bass Strait

| Curtis Group|

* Cone
* Curtis
* Devils Tower
* Sugarloaf Rock

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Furneaux Group|

* Anderson
* Babel
* Badger
* Bass
* Battery
* Beagle
* Big Green
* Big Black
* Billy Goat
* Bird
* Boxen
* Briggs
* Cape Barren
* Cat
* Chalky
* Clarke
* Craggy
* Doughboy
* East Kangaroo
* Fifty Foot
* Fisher
* Flinders
* Forsyth
* Goose
* Great Dog
* Gull
* GVH
* Inner Little Goose
* Inner Sister
* Isabella
* Key
* Lady Barron
* Little
* Little Anderson
* Little Badger
* Little Chalky
* Little Dog
* Little Goose
* Little Green
* Little Spike
* Long
* Low
* Low (Prime Seal)
* Marriott
* Middle Pasco
* Mid Woody
* Mile
* Moriarty
* Mount Chappell
* Neds
* Night
* North Pasco
* North West Mount Chappell
* Outer Sister
* Oyster
* Passage
* Pelican
* Preservation
* Prime Seal
* Puncheon
* Roydon
* Rum
* Samphire
* Sentinel
* South Pasco
* Spike
* Storehouse
* Tin Kettle
* Vansittart
* Wright
* Wybalenna

Hogan Group|

* Southern Boundary
* East
* Hogan
* Long
* Round
* Seal
* Twin

Hunter Group|

* Albatross
* Hunter
* Three Hummock

Kent Group|

* Deal
* Dover
* Erith
* Judgement
* North East
* South West

New Year Group|

* Christmas
* Councillor
* King
* New Year

Rodondo Group|

* Rodondo Island
* East Moncoeur Island
* West Moncoeur Island

Waterhouse Group|

* Baynes
* Bird
* Cygnet
* Foster
* George
* Little Swan
* Little Waterhouse
* Maclean
* Ninth
* Paddys
* St Helens
* Swan
* Tenth
* Waterhouse

ungrouped|

* Garden Island (Tamar River)
* Goat
* Robbins
* Three Sisters
* Walker

Islands located in the Southern Ocean

| ungrouped|

* Big Caroline
* Breaksea
* Chicken
* Coffee Pot
* De Witt
* East
* Eddystone
* Fitzroy
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hay
* Hen
* Hibbs
* Hobbs
* Ile du Golfe
* Inner
* Kathleen
* Louisa
* Lourah
* Maatsuyker
* Mavourneen
* Mewstone
* Munday
* Mutton Bird
* Mutton Bird (southeast)
* Mutton Bird (southwest)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Shanks
* Sidmouth
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Swainson
* Trumpeter
* Walker
* Wendar
* Western
* West
* Wild Wind

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Islands located in the Tasman Sea

| Partridge Group|

* Arch
* Charity
* Faith
* Hope
* Partridge

|

Sloping Group|

* Barren
* Fulham
* Hog
* King George
* Little Spectacle
* Sloping
* Smooth
* Spectacle
* Visscher
* Woody

Tasman Group|

* Dart
* The Lanterns
* Tasman
* Wedge

ungrouped|

* Actaeon
* Boomer
* Bruny
* des Phoques
* du Nord
* Eddystone
* Egg
* Friars
* Garden
* Governor
* Green
* Images
* Lachlan
* Maria
* Nuggets
* Pedra Branca
* Picnic
* Satellite
* Schouten

Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean

* Bishop and Clerk
* Judge and Clerk
* Macquarie

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Southern region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements|

* Hobart
* List of Hobart suburbs

* Adventure Bay
* Alonnah
* Barnes Bay
* Castle Forbes Bay
* Cockle Creek
* Cygnet
* Dennes Point
* Dover
* Electrona
* Franklin
* Geeveston
* Glen Huon
* Grove
* Howden
* Huonville
* Kellevie
* Kettering
* Lunawanna
* Magra
* Margate
* Mountain River
* New Norfolk
* Oyster Cove
* Ranelagh
* Sandfly
* Snug
* Southport
* Westerway
* Woodbridge

Governance|

* Clark (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Clark (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Huon Valley Council
* Kingborough Council

* Buckingham
* Elwick
* Huon
* Nelson
* Pembroke
* Rumney

Mountains|

* Arthur Range
* Federation Peak
* Hartz
* Meehan
* Flagstaff Hill
* Gunners Quoin
* Mount Direction
* Wellington
* kriwalayti / Mount Nelson
* kunanyi / Wellington

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* East Risdon State Reserve
* Hartz Mountains National Park
* Hastings Caves State Reserve
* Port Cygnet Conservation Area
* South Bruny National Park
* South-east Tasmania Important Bird Area
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Arve
* Derwent
* Garden Island Creek
* Huon
* Styx

Harbours, bays,
inlets and estuaries|

* Adventure Bay
* Barnes Bay
* Cloudy Bay
* D'Entrecasteaux Channel
* Pitt Water
* Recherche Bay
* Storm Bay

Coastal features|

* South Coast
* South East Cape

Transport|

* Bruny Island Ferry
* Channel Highway
* Ida Bay Railway
* Sandfly Colliery Tramway
* South Line
* Westerway railway station

Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Coal River Valley
* Derwent Valley
* Huon Valley
* Styx Valley
* Upper Florentine Valley
* Weld Valley

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Man-made|

* Buckland Military Training Area
* Cape Bruny Lighthouse
* South Coast Track
* Tahune AirWalk

Islands|

* Boomer
* Bruny
* Eddystone
* Egg
* Friars
* Garden
* Green
* Hope
* Images
* Nuggets
* Partridge
* Pedra Branca
* Picnic
* Satellite

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* The Mercury

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Centurion
* Triarius

Bioregions|

* South East (bioregion)
* Southern Ranges (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Bruny Island language
* Truganini

Other|

* Cygnet Folk Festival

* Category

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