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MACQUARIE ISLAND Waypoint Easting Northing Name N 158°50' E 158°55' E 0 3 0 86 87 88 89 490000 E 91 92 93 94 495000 E 96 97 98 9 0 6 5 5 6 0 9 0 3 0 N REFUGES and CACHES MACQUARIE ISLAND Waypoint Easting Northing Name ; WHSHEL 496209 3961240 Wireless Hill 6 4 TASMANIA 4 6 ; BBHUT 492030 3954681 Bauer Bay ; BPHUT 494706 3952626 Brothers Point Northern Sheet Elliot ; GGHUT 493466 3946267 Green Gorge Edition 6 Reef "6 CACHEW 496200 3961243 Wireless Hill "6 493536 3953935 4WAYS Four Ways 6 3 "6 3 6 EITSAR 490219 3948697 Eitel Note: The Wireless Hill Shelter is for emergency use only. 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Mt Blair at the locations indicated at any time of the year. a Douglas Point 5 t 6 h 6 5 e r Tussock Point Fur seals haul out at the locations indicated and breed w b e Emerald at Hurd Point and three locations north of the station: d Lake k H T Aerial Cove, Goat Bay and Secluded Beach. r a N H c Boiler Rocks $ k ë 0 Jessie Niccol 1910 3 0 Southern elephant seals haul out and breed anywhere 9 0 k 5 5 5 on the east coast of Macquarie Island and at the areas m ac 5 d r 0 Bauer T 9 indicated on the west coast of the island. 0 3 m R d 0 egalia C n Bay r eek N ; a l r Flying bird species may be found at the locations Bauer Bay Hut e k v indicated during the following time periods: k Gentoo O Flat S Black-browed albatrosses Sep to Apr Mawson Point to n B 5 y auer 4 Grey-headed albatrosses Sep to May C Bay 4WAYS 4 5 r T F eek rac "6 in d; Southern giant-petrels Sep to Apr k S ch Historic hut an C dy r m Wandering albatrosses all year round Hatch Ba ee y T k Light-mantled sooty albatrosses late Sep to May Duck Lagoon Hill m rac k U k (breeding on the coastal slopes) k dSandy Bay H k Northern giant-petrels late Aug to early Mar c Square a 134 r m 5 T 3 (breeding on the coastal flats) Lake 3 5 d Northern giant-petrels and all year round n A a Cormorant l m r Southern giant-petrels Point e v Brothers Point Hut ; (non-breeding aggregations) Fla O H t k Special Management Areas as at September 2015 c C k a re r ek E Tulloch http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=632 T Lake ! r 5 e 2 320 Mt Tulloch Brothers 2 H v 5 Permanent SMA - Restricted access all year round a Point 5 C 4 S c ° ' Category 1 SMA - Restricted access 1 Aug to 31 May a r T 3 5 k 5 o r 3 k ' ° Category 2 SMA - Restricted access 1 Sep to 31 Mar u c Little ra S 4 A T Prion Surry rs 5 e North Head SMA - Restricted access 16 Nov to 30 Sep Lake th Lake ro North Head B k 5 A 1 H 1 Azorella SMA - R estricted access all year round 5 r Gorilla m and washdown required before *# c Head 280 ! 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