Fitzroy Islands (Tasmania)
{{Short description|Islands in Tasmania, Australia}}
{{other uses|Fitzroy Island (disambiguation){{!}}Fitzroy Island}}
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| location = Payne Bay, Port Davey
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| archipelago = Breaksea Islands Group
| waterbody = Southern Ocean
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The Fitzroy Islands comprise a group of four rocky islets that lie within the upper reaches of Payne Bay in Port Davey, an oceanic inlet, located in the south west region of Tasmania, Australia.{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Fitzroy Islands (TAS) |feature=TAS05678 |access-date=8 July 2015 }} The islands have a combined area of approximately {{convert|0.18|ha}} and are contained with the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage SiteBrothers, 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}} and the Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve.{{cite web |url=http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/sea-fishing-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/area-restrictions/marine-reserves#PortDavey/BathurstHarbourMarineNatureReserve |title=Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve |access-date=10 July 2015 |work=Sea Fishing & Aquaculture: Area Restrictions: Marine Reserves |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government |date=3 September 2014 }}
Features and location
Part of the Breaksea Islands Group, the Fitzroy Islands are part of the Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.{{cite web |title=Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |year=2002 |publisher=Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service |access-date=20 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822190600/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Port Davey Islands |access-date=19 September 2011 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 }} Recorded breeding seabird species are the silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.
See also
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References
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