Louisa Island (Tasmania)

Louisa Island (Tasmania)

Louisa Island is an irregularly shaped 23 ha island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. Its highest point is 80 m asl and, at low tide, it is joined to the mainland by a 250 m sand spit. It is part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). "Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X]

Flora and fauna

The central parts of the island are lightly forested with "Eucalyptus nitida" and "Eucalyptus ovata", with an understorey of "Leptospermum scoparium" and "Melaleuca squarrosa". Bracken covers areas subjected to recent fires.

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater (206,000 pairs), Fairy Prion (400 pairs), Common Diving-Petrel (1600 pairs), Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Pied Oystercatcher. Mammals present include the Tasmanian Pademelon and Long-nosed Potoroo. The Tasmanian Tree Skink is present.

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