Eddystone (Tasmania)

{{Short description|Island in Tasmania, Australia}}

{{For|the locality in north-east Tasmania|Eddystone, Tasmania}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

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| name = Eddystone

| native_name = no known native connection

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| image_name = Pedra Branca and Eddistone; Tasmans Head.jpg

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| image_caption = Pedra Branca and Eddistone; Tasmans Head

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| map = Australia Tasmania

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| map_width = 280

| map_caption = Location off the southern coast of Tasmania

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| label = Eddystone

| label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|43|51|18|S|147|00|00|E|type:island_region:AU-TAS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| etymology = Eddystone Lighthouse in Devon, England.

| location = Southern Ocean

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Eddystone is a tower-shaped rock or small island, located in the Southern Ocean, off the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia.{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Eddystone (TAS) |feature=TAS03484 |access-date=7 July 2015 }} The island is situated approximately {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}} from the South East Cape on a bearing of 149° and is contained within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. An erosional remnant of the Tasmanian mainland with an elevation of {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}} above sea level, the island is estimated to have separated from the Tasmanian mainland at least 15,000 years ago.{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/Nivpal.html |title=Pedra Branca Skink |pages=563–569 |publisher=Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service |access-date=2006-07-16 |archive-date=21 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721081308/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/Nivpal.html |url-status=dead }}