Little Goose Island
Not to be confused with Goose Island (Tasmania) or Inner Little Goose Island.
For other places with the same name, see Goose Island.
  Little Goose Island Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°ECoordinates: 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 3.6 ha (8.9 acres) |
| Administration | |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2] The island is contained within a nature reserve[3] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[4]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Little Goose 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 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: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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