Waterhouse Island (Tasmania)

Waterhouse Island
Waterhouse Island is on the right side of Waterhouse Point.
Waterhouse Island
Location of Swan Island off the coast of Tasmania
EtymologyCaptain Henry Waterhouse
Geography
LocationBanks Strait, Bass Strait
Coordinates40°48′S 147°37′E / 40.800°S 147.617°E / -40.800; 147.617
ArchipelagoWaterhouse Island Group
Total islands12
Area287 ha (710 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

Waterhouse Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is a 287-hectare (710-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The Waterhouse Island Group includes the Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Swan, Little Swan, Cygnet, Foster, St Helens, Ninth, Tenth, Paddys, Maclean, and Baynes islands and the Bird Rock, and George Rocks islets with their associated reefs.