Maatsuyker Island

Maatsuyker Iceland is the main island of Maatsuyker Islands. It is the second largest in the archipelago and has an area of 186 hectares. Located close to the south coast of Tasmania, it is also part of the Southwest National Park.

Climate

Because of the considerable distance to the equator, the climate on the island for most of the year, pretty cool and colder than in Australia. The temperature that prevails most of the year on the island, is 10 ° C. Wind is to be found as good as ever on the island.

Flora and Fauna

The vegetation on the island is a large part of Südseemyrte which covers most surfaces on the island. They can grow up to a height of 6 meters.

On the island were mainly already found some marine and wading birds such as fairy penguins, the short-tailed shearwater, the Dark shearwaters, Feensturmvögel, diving petrels, Dickschnabelmöven or the carbon black oystercatchers, also the mouse Antechinus minimus. Various species of seal breed on the island.