Leelinger Island is a flat dolerite island with an area of 1.54 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Hibbs Pyramid Group, lying close to the central western coast of Tasmania.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin (400 pairs), short-tailed shearwater (6000 pairs), Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher.
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