Ile des Phoques

As seen from the north in 2021
Ile des Phoques
Geography
Location	East coast of Tasmania
Archipelago	Schouten Island Group
Adjacent to	Tasman Sea
Area	8 ha (20 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania
Local government area	Glamorgan Spring Bay Council
Additional information
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)

Ile des Phoques (also called Isle du Phoques) is a rugged granite island, with an area of 8 ha, part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia near the Freycinet Peninsula.

Seal hunting took place here from at least 1805.^[1] Captain James Kelly is recorded sealing here during his 1816 circumnavigation of Tasmania.^[2]

It is a nature reserve.^[3]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion and common diving-petrel. White-bellied sea-eagles have nested on the island. Australian fur seals haul-out there and there is historical evidence that it was once a major breeding colony.^[3]

References

42°24′S 148°09′E / 42.400°S 148.150°E / -42.400; 148.150

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