Chicken Island (Tasmania)
 Chicken Island
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| Location | South West Tasmania |
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| Archipelago | Maatsuyker Islands Group |
| Adjacent bodies of water | Southern Ocean |
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Australia
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| State | Tasmania |
| Region | South West |
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| Population | Unpopulated |
Chicken Island is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The low, flat, 1.95-hectare (0.0075 sq mi) island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]
Flora and fauna
The vegetation is dominated by Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Senecio pinnatifolius. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, common diving-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1][2]
See also
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