Cygnet Island
Cygnet Island is the rightmost tiny island next to Little Swan Island.
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 Cygnet Island
Location of Cygnet Island off the coast of Tasmania
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| Etymology | Captain Henry Waterhouse |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°43′S 148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°ECoordinates: 40°43′S 148°04′E / 40.717°S 148.067°E |
| Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area | 0.5 ha (1.2 acres) |
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| State | Tasmania |
The Cygnet Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.
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