Erith Island

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Erith Island is a granite island, with an area of 323 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is the second largest of Tasmania’s Kent Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. It is now part of the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania’s northernmost national park, which was gazetted in 2002. Erith was highly modified for cattle grazing and is mainly covered by exotic pasture. Grazing ended with the acquisition of the lease in 1997 by the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which subsequently relinquished it to the Tasmanian Government for incorporation in the National Park.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erith_Island
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Coordinates:   39°27'0"S   147°17'19"E

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  • I've had to make a major edit on this polygon, not that it wasn't good - but to separate Erith Island from Dover Island, which was included in the polygon. To be sure they are only separated by less than 50m, and it is not so obvious from the satellite view; but it is enough that the stock overgrazing on Erith never happened on Dover...
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