Taillefer Rocks

{{Short description|Islands in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox Islands | name = Taillefer Rocks | image_name = Schouten island map.png | image_caption = Map of Taillefer Rocks and [[Schouten Island]] | image_size = 280 | map = Australia Tasmania | map_alt = | map_width = 280 | map_caption = Location of Taillefer Rocks in [[Tasmania]] | map_relief = 1 | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | etymology = | location = East coast of Tasmania | coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|21|36|S|148|18|36|E|display=inline,title}}}} | archipelago = [[Schouten Island]] Group | total_islands = 3 | major_islands = | waterbody = [[Tasman Sea]] | area_ha = 15 | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | country = Australia | country_admin_divisions_title = [[States and territories of Australia|State]] | country_admin_divisions = [[Tasmania]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Local government in Tasmania|Local government area]] | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Glamorgan Spring Bay Council]] | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | timezone1 = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]] | utc_offset1 = +10 | timezone1_DST = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]] | utc_offset1_DST = +11 | additional_info =[[Freycinet National Park]] }} The '''Taillefer Rocks''', part of the [[Schouten Island]] Group, are three small, rugged, [[granite]] islands, with a combined area of approximately {{convert|15|ha}} lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, near the [[Freycinet Peninsula]] and lies within the [[Freycinet National Park]].<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Mapping Division, [[Tasmanian Government]] |location=Tasmania |title=Schouten |publication-date=1993 |work=Tasmap |edition=1st |date=1993 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30448375 |accessdate=3 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Brothers2001>{{cite book |author1=Brothers, Nigel |author2=Pemberton, David |author3=Pryor, Helen |author4=Halley, Vanessa |date=2001 |title=Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features |publisher=[[Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery]] |location=Hobart |isbn=978-0-7246-4816-0 |title-link=Tasmania's offshore islands }}</ref>

==Flora and fauna== This is one of the few islands where [[Oyster Bay pine]]s occur.

Recorded breeding [[seabird]] species are [[little penguin]], [[short-tailed shearwater]], [[fairy prion]] and [[common diving petrel]]. [[Reptile]]s present include the [[metallic skink]], [[White's skink]], [[Carinascincus ocellatus|spotted skink]] and [[mountain dragon]]. [[Arctocephalus pusillus|Australian fur seal]]s [[hauling-out|haul-out]] there in small numbers.<ref name=Brothers2001/>

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Australia|Islands}}}} *[[Protected areas of Tasmania]] *[[List of islands of Australia#Tasmania|List of islands of Tasmania]]

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[[Category:Islands of Tasmania]] [[Category:East Coast Tasmania]] [[Category:Protected areas of Tasmania]]