Swan Island (Tasmania)
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Swan Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 239-hectare (590-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Location of Swan Island off the coast of Tasmania | |
Geography | |
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Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°44′S 148°06′E |
Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
Area | 239 ha (590 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Part of the island is privately owned and it contains an automated lighthouse, several houses and an airstrip. It has previously been subject to grazing by livestock.[1] Several shipwrecks have been recorded here of vessels passing through Banks Strait; Brenda (1832), Mystery (1850), Union (1852).
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include[1] the Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Cygnet, Foster, Little Swan, Bird Rock, George Rocks, St Helens, and Paddys islands.