Little Goose Island Fauna See also References Navigation menu40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.7800040°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.78000"Little Goose Island (TAS)""Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan""IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups"the originaleexpanding ite
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Little Goose Island Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.78000Coordinates: 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.78000 |
Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Area | 3.6 ha (8.9 acres) |
Administration | |
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
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- List of islands of Tasmania
References
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^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ ab Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
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^ "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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