{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} thumb|Black Pyramid Rock from the west '''Black Pyramid Rock''' is an island nature reserve, with an area of 40 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. It is part of the Albatross Island and Black Pyramid Rock Important Bird Area. It is notable for its Australasian gannet colony which, at over 12,000 pairs, is the largest in Tasmania and supports about 20% of the world population of the species.<ref name=iba>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Albatross Island & Black Pyramid Rock |access-date=2011-05-19 |work=Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan | url = http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 | publisher = Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Tasmania | date = October 2000 | accessdate = 2012-02-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 | archive-date = 30 March 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
{{Short description|Nature reserve in Bass Strait, Australia}}
==Fauna== Apart from the gannets, breeding seabirds and shorebirds include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion (up to 340,000 breeding pairs),<ref name=iba/> common diving-petrel (up to 200,000 breeding pairs),<ref name=iba/> Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher. The only reptile recorded is White's skink. The island is used occasionally as a haul-out site by Australian fur seals.<ref name=Brothers2001>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}}</ref>
==Geology== Black Pyramid Rock is a Tertiary basaltic volcanic rocks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1997 |title=Geology of the Islands of Southwestern Bass Strait|url=http://www.mrt.tas.gov.au/mrtdoc/dominfo/download/UR1997_03/UR1997_03.pdf |access-date=5 September 2022 |work=Tasmanian Geological Survey Record |publisher=Mineral Resources Tasmania }}</ref>
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Category:Islands of Tasmania Category:Protected areas of Tasmania Category:Important Bird Areas of Tasmania
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