Australia
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Maatsuyker Islands
Maatsuyker Group
4 mi) off the south coast of Tasmania, Australia. Maatsuyker Island is the southernmost island of the group and of the Australian continental shelf. There are exposed rocks further south of Maatsuyker but they do not meet the definition of "islands".
Overview
The Maatsuyker Islands are a group of islands and rocks 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) off the south coast of Tasmania, Australia. Maatsuyker Island is the southernmost island of the group and of the Australian continental shelf. There are exposed rocks further south of Maatsuyker but they do not meet the definition of "islands". Macquarie Island, far to the south, is also Australian territory but it is an upthrust piece of ocean floor in the remote Southern Ocean and is in a geological sense completely separate from the continent. The group is noted for its rich marine wildlife, predominantly wet and windy weather conditions, and Australia's most southerly lighthouse. The group are contained within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands2
- Islets20
- Rocks & skerries10
Major islands
De Witt Island
- Area
- 5.2 km²
- High point
- 366 m
De Witt Island, also known as Big Witch, is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. 99 sq mi) island is the largest of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.
Maatsuyker Island
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 288 m
Maatsuyker Island is an island located close to the south coast of Tasmania, Australia. The 186-hectare (0.72 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.
Minor islands
Flat Witch Island
- Area
- 0.64 km²
- High point
- 110 m
Walker Island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 51 m
Islets
- Round Top Island118 m · 0.06 km²
- Flat Top Island11 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island10 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 0.6 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
- Unnamed island28 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island23 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island11 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 1 ha
- Unnamed island0.2 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island11 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.1 ha
- Needle Rocks59 m · 0.05 km²
- Western Rocks23 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- De Witt: 366 m
- Maatsuyker: 288 m
- Round Top: 118 m
- Flat Witch: 110 m
- Needle Rocks: 59 m
- Walker: 51 m
- Western Rocks: 23 m
- Flat Top: 11 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| De Witt Island | 5.2 km² |
| Maatsuyker Island | 1.9 km² |
| Flat Witch Island | 0.64 km² |
| Walker Island | 0.13 km² |
| Round Top Island | 0.06 km² |
| Needle Rocks | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Flat Top Island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Western Rocks | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |