The Bishop and Clerk Islets are a 60-hectare (150-acre) group of islets, lying 33 kilometres (21mi) south of Macquarie Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. They are, with Macquarie Island, part of the Australian state of Tasmania.[2][3] The group consists of Bishop Islet, 24 smaller islets, and various rocks and reefs. Bishop Islet has an area of 3 hectares (7.4 acres) and is mostly rock with some shallow patches of soil. Its highest elevation is 45 metres (148ft).[1]
Three known landings have been made on the islets, all by ship-assisted helicopter. The first, in 1965, was on a rock 50 metres (160ft) from Bishop Isle. The following two, in 1976 and 1993, were on Bishop Islet itself.[1]
