# Taillefer Rocks

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Islands in Tasmania, Australia

Taillefer Rocks Map of Taillefer Rocks and Schouten Island Taillefer Rocks Location of Taillefer Rocks in Tasmania Geography Location East coast of Tasmania Coordinates 42°21′36″S 148°18′36″E / 42.36000°S 148.31000°E / -42.36000; 148.31000 Archipelago Schouten Island Group Adjacent to Tasman Sea Total islands 3 Area 15 ha (37 acres) Administration Australia State Tasmania Local government area Glamorgan Spring Bay Council Additional information Time zone AEST (UTC+10) • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11) Freycinet National Park

The **Taillefer Rocks**, part of the [Schouten Island](/source/Schouten_Island) Group, are three small, rugged, [granite](/source/Granite) islands, with a combined area of approximately 15 hectares (37 acres) lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, near the [Freycinet Peninsula](/source/Freycinet_Peninsula) and lies within the [Freycinet National Park](/source/Freycinet_National_Park).[1][2]

## Flora and fauna

This is one of the few islands where [Oyster Bay pines](/source/Oyster_Bay_pine) occur.

Recorded breeding [seabird](/source/Seabird) species are [little penguin](/source/Little_penguin), [short-tailed shearwater](/source/Short-tailed_shearwater), [fairy prion](/source/Fairy_prion) and [common diving petrel](/source/Common_diving_petrel). [Reptiles](/source/Reptile) present include the [metallic skink](/source/Metallic_skink), [White's skink](/source/White's_skink), [spotted skink](/source/Carinascincus_ocellatus) and [mountain dragon](/source/Mountain_dragon). [Australian fur seals](/source/Arctocephalus_pusillus) [haul-out](/source/Hauling-out) there in small numbers.[2]

## See also

- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)
- [Islands portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Islands)

- [Protected areas of Tasmania](/source/Protected_areas_of_Tasmania)

- [List of islands of Tasmania](/source/List_of_islands_of_Australia#Tasmania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Schouten"](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30448375) (Map). *Tasmap*. Tasmania: Mapping Division, [Tasmanian Government](/source/Tasmanian_Government). 1993. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Brothers2001_2-1) Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). [*Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features*](/source/Tasmania's_offshore_islands). Hobart: [Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery](/source/Tasmanian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7246-4816-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7246-4816-0).

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