🦎 Black Pyramid Rock

Australia · Oceania · Nature Reserve · 40.47°S, 144.34°E

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.

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Quick facts

Country	Australia
Continent / region	Oceania
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	40.47°S, 144.34°E · view on map

Black Pyramid Rock is a nature reserve in Australia, in Oceania. The details of why Black Pyramid Rock is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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