Location of Bird Rock off the coast of Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°55′S 148°19′E / 40.917°S 148.317°E |
Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area | 1 ha (2.5 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Demographics | |
Population | uninhabited |
The Bird Rock, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is an uninhabited 1-hectare (2.5-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Swan, Foster, Little Swan, St Helens and Paddys islands and George Rocks islet.[1]