Round Top Island

Round Top Island
	Detailed map of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, showing Round Top Island in the bottom right.
	Round Top Island Location off the southern coast of Tasmania
Geography
Location	South West Tasmania
Coordinates	43°38′24″S 146°22′12″E / 43.64000°S 146.37000°E
Archipelago	Maatsuyker Islands Group
Adjacent to	Southern Ocean
Area	6.25 ha (15.4 acres)
Highest elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Administration
	Australia
State	Tasmania
Region	South West
Demographics
Population	Unpopulated

Round Top Island is an island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The 6.25-hectare (0.0241 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.^[1]^[2]

The island's highest point is 165 metres (541 ft) above sea level.

Fauna

The island is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds.^[3] Recorded breeding seabird species are the short-tailed shearwater (8900 pairs), fairy prion (9300 pairs), common diving-petrel (8700 pairs), Pacific gull and silver gull. The metallic skink and Tasmanian tree skink are present.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
^ ^a ^b Brothers, 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
^ "Important Bird Area factsheet: Maatsuyker Island Group". Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

This Tasmania geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.