Maclean Island

Maclean Island

Maclean Island Location of Maclean Island off the coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E / -40.750; 147.933Coordinates: 40°45′S 147°56′E / 40.750°S 147.933°E / -40.750; 147.933
Archipelago	Waterhouse Island Group
Area	1.11 ha (2.7 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The Maclean Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 1.11-hectare (2.7-acre) uninhabited 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, Baynes, St Helens, Foster, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.

Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and Pacific gull. The Cape Barren goose has also nested on the island.