Wild Wind Islets

Islets in Tasmania, Australia

Wild Wind Islets

A Landsat image of the Mutton Bird Islands Group.

Wild Wind Islets

Location off the south western coast of Tasmania

Geography
Location| South western Tasmania
Coordinates| 43°27′S 146°00′E﻿ / ﻿43.450°S 146.000°E﻿ / -43.450; 146.000
Archipelago| Mutton Bird Islands Group
Adjacent to| Southern Ocean
Area| 3.95 ha (9.8 acres)[1]
Administration

Australia

State| Tasmania
Region| South West
Demographics
Population| Unpopulated

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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* Australia portal
* Islands portal

* 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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South West region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements|

* Adamsfield
* Melaleuca
* Strathgordon

Governance|

* Braddon (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Braddon (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Derwent Valley Council
* Huon Valley Council
* West Coast Council

Mountains|

* Engineer Range
* Frenchmans Cap
* Anne

| Frankland Range|

* Citadel, The
* Cleft Peak
* Cupola, The
* Frankland
* Greycap
* Lion, The
* Lloyd Jones
* Murpheys Bluff
* Redtop
* Right Angle
* Scotts
* Secheron
* Terminal

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Arthur Range|

* Federation

King William Range|

Mount King William

Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)|

* Diamond Peak

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
* Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
* Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
* Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
* Southwest National Park
* South West Wilderness
* Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Anne
* Davey
* Franklin
* Gordon
* Huon
* Serpentine
* Spero

Lakes|

* Edgar

Lake Pedder controversy|

*   * Gordon
* Pedder
* Lake Pedder Action Committee
* United Tasmania Group

Dams
Franklin controversy|

* Edgar
* Gordon
* Scotts Peak
* Serpentine

* Commonwealth v Tasmania

* The Wilderness Society

Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries|

* Bathurst Harbour
* Bathurst Channel
* James Kelly Basin
* Port Davey

Coastal features|

* High Rocky Point
* Low Rocky Point
* Point Hibbs
* South Coast
* South West Cape

Power stations|

* Gordon

Transport|

* Gordon River Road
* Scotts Peak Dam Road

| Railways|

* Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)

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Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Gordon Splits

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Man-made|

* Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
* Port Davey Track
* South Coast Track

People of note|

* Bob Brown
* Peter Dombrovskis
* Helen Gee
* James Goodwin
* Brenda Hean
* Richard Jones
* Deny King
* Eric Reece
* Olegas Truchanas
* T. B. Moore

Islands|

* Eddystone
* Hibbs Pyramid
* Inner Rocks
* Sidmouth Rock

| Breaksea|

* Fitzroy
* Kathleen
* Main
* Mavourneen
* Munday
* North

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Maatsuyker (group)|

* Chicken
* De Witt
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hen
* Ile du Golfe
* Louisa
* Maatsuyker (island)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Walker
* Western Rocks

Swainson (group)|

* Big Caroline
* Hay
* Lourah
* Shanks
* Swainson

Mutton Bird (group)|

* East Pyramids
* Mutton Bird Island
* Mutton Bird Islet (southeast)
* Mutton Bird Islet (southwest)
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Wendar
* Wild Wind

Pedra Branca|

* Mewstone

Trumpeter|

* Coffee Pot, The
* Hobbs
* Trumpeter
* West Pyramid

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
* The South West Book
* South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Orange-bellied parrot
* Pedder galaxias
* Pedder earthworm
* Pedder planarian
* Pedra Branca skink

Bioregions|

* Southern Ranges (bioregion)
* West (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Kutikina Cave
* Toogee language
* Western Tasmanian languages

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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

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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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* Commons

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