13-496: (Redirected from Swan Islands ) Swan Island may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Little Swan Island , Tasmania Swan Island (Tasmania) Swan Island (Victoria) Falkland Islands [ edit ] Swan Islands, Falkland Islands Weddell Island , formerly Swan Island United Kingdom [ edit ] Swan Island, London Swan Island, Surrey Swan Island, County Down ,
26-712: A machine shed. The two dwellings are located in the lee of the prevailing westerly winds, on the eastern side, above sandy beaches. The island has a working wharf and two airstrips, one east–west and the other intersecting it. Freight boats, including Bass Strait trading vessels, also can beach on protected East and southeast sand beaches. Until the 1970s, grazing activity led to some degradation of vegetation. The present owners, who have had it since that time, have fenced off vulnerable areas and have undertaken an extensive revegetation program. The grazing land vegetation primarily consists of introduced pasture grasses . Livestock grazing had previously caused erosion which had affected
39-580: A townland in County Down , Northern Ireland Swan Island, County Antrim , a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland United States [ edit ] Swan Island (Alaska) Swan Island (Chesapeake Bay) , Chesapeake Bay Swan Island (Oregon) Swan Island Site , Illinois, an archaeological site Swan Island (Michigan) Elsewhere [ edit ] Swan Islands, Honduras Swan Islands, Karkinit Bay , Ukraine, off
52-622: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Little Swan Island The Little Swan Island , part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 12.64-hectare (31.2-acre) uninhabited granite island 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
65-599: Is the southernmost in Australia. The metallic skink is present. This Tasmania geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Waterhouse Island (Tasmania) Waterhouse Island , part of the Waterhouse Island Group , is a 287-hectare (710-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait , lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania , Australia. The Waterhouse Island Group includes
78-440: Is used as a haven for sheltering yachts and other small boats as they travel through Bass Strait. Surrounding waters are popular for fishing, both finfish and various shellfish. Sealing is known to have taken place here from at least 1802. For the past 150 years the island has mostly been farmed, with sheep grazing the most prominent pursuit. The island has a house and a cottage, a four stand wool shed and implement shed, and
91-455: The Ninth , Tenth , Waterhouse , Little Waterhouse , Maclean , Baynes , Cygnet , Foster , Swan , Bird Rock , George Rocks , St Helens , and Paddys islands. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin , short-tailed shearwater , common diving-petrel , white-faced storm-petrel , Pacific gull , sooty oystercatcher and Australian pelican . The pelican colony
104-693: The Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse , Swan , Little Swan , Cygnet , Foster , St Helens , Ninth , Tenth , Paddys , Maclean , and Baynes islands and the Bird Rock , and George Rocks islets with their associated reefs. The large inland portion of Waterhouse Island is privately owned under freehold tenure. On 28 September 2011, 107 hectares (260 acres) of the island was proclaimed as the Waterhouse Island Conservation Area. This conservation area surrounds almost all of
117-416: The island from the low-water mark to approximately 45 metres (148 ft) inshore, as well as a 35-hectare (86-acre) region at the northern tip. A small sandy spit on the eastern coastline does not appear to be encapsulated by this conservation area and the tenure of this sandy spit remains uncertain. A lighthouse is located on 266 square metres (2,860 sq ft) of crown land at the northern point of
130-429: The island. Waterhouse Island has an equable Mediterranean climate with warm summers and cooler winters. Rainfall, averaging approximately 600 millimetres (24 in) per annum, is relatively evenly spread throughout the year, however with a bias to late winter months. Waterhouse Island has extensive white sand beaches on the eastern and south eastern shores. West and northern coasts are primarily rocky. The island
143-446: The northwestern Crimean coast Other uses [ edit ] Swan Island (band) , a rock band from Portland, Oregon Swan Island Airport , Swan Island, Portland Swan Island Shipyard , Swan Island, Portland See also [ edit ] Swan's Island, Maine Little Swan Island hutia , an extinct species of rodent Île des Cygnes (disambiguation) , French for Swan Island or Island of Swans Topics referred to by
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169-659: The shearwater colonies . These are now stabilised and the fairy penguin and the shearwater rookeries are thriving. The island is named after Captain Henry Waterhouse of the Reliance . Nicholas Baudin stopped at the island in 1802 mistakenly thinking the name meant fresh water could be found there, which was not the case. Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and short-tailed shearwater . Introduced mammals include sheep , cats , fallow deer and house mice . Reptiles present include
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