Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285:reg:13:p95
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01285
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13 (pt 95/98)
Character Range: 504592–507538

plant species on the island. This species occurs sparsely and is confined to cracks among the rocks (Brothers 1979b).
Fauna
Shy Albatross, Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), Black-faced Cormorant, Fairy Prion and Silver Gull all breed on Pedra Branca. Australian Fur Seal inhabit the island, as does the endemic Pedra Branca Skink (Pseudemoia palfreymani) (Brothers 1979b).

Introduced species
None known.
Shy Albatross breeding locations
The main Shy Albatross colony is located on the south-east section of the island above 25 m where the sheer slope begins to level out making conditions suitable for nesting. Numbers gradually decrease northwards from the main colony (Brothers 1979b).
Effects of human occupation
The island has never been inhabited. It is not known for certain whether humans have exploited Shy Albatross on Pedra Branca in the past. Due to the island's remote location and the extreme difficulty of access, human interference is unlikely (Brothers 1979b).

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 53°06'S, 73°32'E and 53°02'S, 73°36'E, respectively
Species
The following albatross and petrel species covered by this recovery plan breed on Heard Island and McDonald Islands:
    * Black-browed Albatross
    * Light-mantled Albatross
    * Southern Giant Petrel.
Protection status
    * Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981
    * listed on the Register of National Estate in 1983
    * Environment Protection and Management Ordinance 1987
    * Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan 2014-2024
    * designated a World Heritage Area in 1997
Geography
The external Territory consists of a remote group of islands lying close together in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an external Territory located in the Southern Ocean, 4100 km south-west of Perth, Western Australia, and south of the Antarctic Polar Front. Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an external Territory located in the Southern Ocean, 4100 km south-west of Western Australia, and south of the Antarctic Polar Front. Heard Island is 20 km wide, 43 km long and comprises 36,800 ha. It is dominated by Big Ben, an active volcano which rises to 2745 m at Mawson Peak (Australia's highest point outside the AAT). To the north-west is Anzac Peak (715 m), a subsidiary volcanic cone. Glaciers cover approximately 80 percent of the island. The remaining ice-free areas are mostly narrow coastal flats at the north-western and eastern ends of the island and along some northern beaches. The McDonald Islands lie 44 km to the west of Heard Island and, comprise some 360 ha. McDonald Island has doubled in area since 1980 following significant volcanic activity.
Flora
The vegetation of the island group is typically sub-Antarctic comprised predominantly of bryophytes, lichens, mosses, liverworts and tussock grasses. Eleven species of vascular plants are known to occur