Shanks Islands

The Shanks Islands form a group of five small rocky islets located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. Situated near where the mouth of Port Davey meets the Southern Ocean, the islets have a combined area of and are part of the Swainson Islands Group. They comprise part of the Southwest [National Park] and the Tasmanian Wilderness World [Heritage Site].

Fauna

The islets are part of the Port Davey Islands Important [Bird Area], so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.