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Swainson Islands
The Swainson Islands are an unpopulated group of five islands and rocks located off the south western coast of Tasmania, Australia. 9-acre) group of islands are situated close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania, where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean.
Overview
The Swainson Islands are an unpopulated group of five islands and rocks located off the south western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The 15.76-hectare (38.9-acre) group of islands are situated close to the southern end of the western coast of Tasmania, where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean. The Swainson Islands are part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site. The islands that comprise the group are:
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets9
- Rocks & skerries7
Islets
- Lourah Island29 m · 0.05 km²
- Swainson Island62 m · 0.03 km²
- Hay Island37 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island20 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Big Caroline Rock29 m · 0.02 km²
- 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
Figures
Comparative heights
- Swainson: 62 m
- Hay: 37 m
- Lourah: 29 m
- Big Caroline Rock: 29 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Lourah Island | 0.05 km² |
| Swainson Island | 0.03 km² |
| Big Caroline Rock | 0.02 km² |
| Hay Island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 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 |