Sisters Island (Tasmania)

Sisters Island
	Sisters Island taken from near Rocky Cape
	Sisters Island Location in Tasmania
Geography
Location	Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates	40°54′14″S 145°34′44″E
Adjacent to	Bass Strait
Major islands	Tasmania
Area	0.0143 km2 (0.0055 sq mi)
Administration
	Australia

Sisters Island is a small island with an area of 1.43 hectares (3.5 acres), off Sisters Beach on the northwest coast of Tasmania, south-eastern Australia. The island is locally known as 'Snook Island' due to the large schools of Snook that local fishermen frequently come across close to the perimeter of the island.

Features

Much of the island is covered with a dense canopy of Coprosma repens. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

History

Ship wrecks

L'Enterprise was a French schooner wrecked on the Island in 1802 or 1803.

References

Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.

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[Tas_Offshore_Is-1] Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.