Table Cape Conservation Area
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Table Cape Conservation Area is in the Waratah-Wynyard municipality in North West Tasmania
not far from the coastal township of Wynyard, Tasmania
. Geologically speaking it is a large volcanic plug
. Most of the area is used for farming and rural residential use. On the north side there is a very steep embankment that falls sharply down to the waters of Bass Strait
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The Table Cape Conservation Area is situated on this sharp 170 metre (550') decline. There appears to be little protection of this area from residential and industrial activity. In 1989 it was reported that
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
not far from the coastal township of Wynyard, Tasmania
Wynyard, Tasmania
Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies west of Burnie on the Bass Highway at the mouth of the Inglis River....
. Geologically speaking it is a large volcanic plug
Volcanic plug
A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic landform created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. When forming, a plug can cause an extreme build-up of pressure if volatile-charged magma is trapped beneath it, and this can sometimes lead to an...
. Most of the area is used for farming and rural residential use. On the north side there is a very steep embankment that falls sharply down to the waters of Bass Strait
Bass Strait
Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria.-Extent:The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bass Strait as follows:...
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The Table Cape Conservation Area is situated on this sharp 170 metre (550') decline. There appears to be little protection of this area from residential and industrial activity. In 1989 it was reported that
"An unnamed species of BeddomeiaBeddomeiaBeddomeia is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.-Species:Species within the genus Beddomia include:* Beddomeia angulata...
with a distinctive shell morphology from “Table Cape” collected prior to 1900 was not located in a search of virtually all the streams in this heavily impacted area in 1989".