Rodondo Island
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Rodondo Island is a granite island, part of the Rodondo Group, lying in northern Bass Strait, within the state boundaries of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located only Script error: No such module "convert". south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, and 2' of latitude (Script error: No such module "convert".) south of the Victoria-Tasmania border at latitude 39°12'S.[1] Rodondo Island is ringed by steep cliffs up to Script error: No such module "convert". high, with an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and a maximum elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.
Flora and fauna
It is a nature reserve with a breeding colony of over one million mutton birds or short-tailed shearwaters.[2][3]
Rodondo's vegetation communities include Disphyma herbfield, Stipa tussock grassland, Poa poiformis tussock grassland, Melaleuca armillaris low closed forest, Allocasuarina verticillata low open forest, clifftop shrubland, and Eucalyptus globulus open forest.[4]
As well as the shearwaters, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, fairy prion, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. White-bellied sea-eagles have nested on the island.[4] The island is part of the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.[5] Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink and southern water skink, Rodondo being the only place the latter has been recorded on Tasmanian territory.[4]
History
The island was sighted by Lieutenant James Grant on 9 December 1800 from the survey brig Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and named "from its resemblance to that rock, well known to all seamen in the West Indies",[6] presumably Redonda, between the islands of Montserrat and Nevis.[7]
The first landing was in January 1947 when a party led by John Béchervaise spent a week exploring the island and surveying its natural history.[8][9]
See also
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References
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