George Rocks
 George Rocks
Location of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°ECoordinates: 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°E |
| Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area | 7 ha (17 acres) |
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Australia
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| State | Tasmania |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
The George Rocks, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, are a group of three adjacent uninhabited granite islets and associated reefs with a combined area of 7 hectares (17 acres), 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, Gygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird Rock islet.
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, silver gull, black-faced cormorant and crested tern. Introduced mammals are rabbits and rats. The metallic skink is present.
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