Waterhouse Island (Tasmania)
Waterhouse Island is on the right side of Waterhouse Point. | |
Location of Swan Island off the coast of Tasmania | |
| Etymology | Captain Henry Waterhouse |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Banks Strait, Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°48′S 147°37′E / 40.800°S 147.617°E |
| Archipelago | Waterhouse Island Group |
| Total islands | 12 |
| Area | 287 ha (710 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
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.