title: Entrance Island (Tasmania)
text: # Entrance Island (Tasmania)
  
  Entrance Island is a low island with an area of 6.1 ha. It lies at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour in Western Tasmania at an area known as Hell's Gates. It contains a light beacon and jetty.
  
  ## Fauna
  
  Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin (100 pairs) and short-tailed shearwater (1900 pairs). The metallic skink is present.
  
  