St Helens Island
St Helens Island is on the right hand side of this aerial photo
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 St Helens Island
Location of St Helens Island off the coast of Tasmania
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| Location | Tasman Sea |
| Coordinates | 41°20′S 148°20′E / 41.333°S 148.333°ECoordinates: 41°20′S 148°20′E / 41.333°S 148.333°E |
| Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Area | 51 ha (130 acres) |
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| State | Tasmania |
The St Helens Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 51-hectare (130-acre) granite island situated in the Tasman Sea, 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, Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird Rock and George Rocks islets.
The island is a conservation area, though it has been burnt in the past and is still subject to severe rabbit grazing. The island forms part of the St Helens Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds and waders.
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull and silver gull. European rabbits have been introduced. The metallic skink is present.
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