Cygnet Island


The Cygnet Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, Baynes, Foster [Islands (Tasmania)|Foster], Swan, Swan Island|Little Swan], St Helens and Paddys islands and Bird [Rock (Tasmania)|Bird Rock] and George Rocks islets.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant.