Bishop and Clerk Islets

The uninhabited Bishop and Clerkinseln (English Bishop and Clerk Islets ) are 28.4 km south of Hurd Point, the southernmost point of the Macquarie Island in the southern Pacific Ocean and include a land area of ​​3 hectares (0.03 km ²). They form the southernmost point of Australia and 1526 kilometers from the island of Tasmania and 1995 km from the continent of Australia (Victoria) away. They are part of the Macquarie Iceland Commonwealth Marine Reserve, which is managed by Tasmania from.

The cliffs of the island group project approximately 50 m above sea level and are composed geologically as the Macquarie.

In small islands brood of six species of seabirds, including the Macquariescharbe (Phalacrocorax purpurascens ), more black-browed albatrosses on Macquarie Island and as a Seelöwenart. It is considered possible that species of petrels and prions breed there, but it is not explored.

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