The Nuggets
The Nuggets - four separate islands off Cape Tourville, Tasmania
The Nuggets is a close group of four granite islets, with a combined area of 6.76 hectares (16.7 acres), in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula.[1]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[1]
References
Coordinates: 42°07′S 148°20′E / 42.117°S 148.333°E
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