Gull Island (Tasmania)
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White-faced storm-petrels breed on the Gull Island. | |
  Location of the Gull Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°25′48″S 148°29′24″E / 40.43000°S 148.49000°ECoordinates: 40°25′48″S 148°29′24″E / 40.43000°S 148.49000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 8.5 ha (21 acres) |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Gull Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 8.5-hectare (21-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait southeast of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2][3] The island is a conservation reserve[3] and with the Passage and Forsyth islands, the Gull Island forms part of the Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of little penguins and black-faced cormorants.[4]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and crested tern.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Gull 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.
- 1 2 3 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
- ↑ "IBA: Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
