Battery Island
  Battery Island Location of the Battery Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°ECoordinates: 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 6,800 m2 (73,000 sq ft) |
| Administration | |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Battery Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 6,800-square-metre (73,000 sq ft) granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Battery Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ↑ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ↑ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X
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