Rum Island (Tasmania)

Rum Island is the small Island to the bottom left of Preservation Island
Rum Island is a granite island, with an area of 13.5 ha, just south of Preservation Island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south-west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. It is part of the Sydney Cove historic site.
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. The metallic skink is present on the island.[1]
Other islands in the Preservation Group with breeding seabirds include[1] the Night Island, the Preservation Island, and the Preservation Islets.
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Coordinates: 40°29′S 148°04′E / 40.483°S 148.067°E
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