Английская Википедия:Hunter Island (Tasmania)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox islands The Hunter Island, the main island of the Hunter Island Group, is a Шаблон:Convert island, located in Bass Strait, that lies between King Island and north-west Tasmania, Australia.

The island is located near Three Hummock Island, several kilometres off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island. A privately owned barge is used for transport to Smithton on the north coast of Tasmania. The island is approximately Шаблон:Convert long, and Шаблон:Convert wide at its widest point.

The East India Ship Phatisalam was wrecked on the island in 1821.

Hunter Island Group

The Hunter Island Group includes: Шаблон:Div col

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Birds

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The island lies on the migration route of the orange-bellied parrot.

The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area because it lies on the migration route of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot between south-west Tasmania and mainland south-eastern Australia.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from Шаблон:Cite web on 09/07/2011.