Doughboy Island (Tasmania)

This article is about the single island in Bass Strait. For the pair of islands near Cape Grim, see The Doughboys (Tasmania). For other places with the same name, see Doughboy Island.

Doughboy Island
Doughboy Island (top right), taken from the south east.
Doughboy Island is located in Tasmania
Doughboy Island
Doughboy Island
Location of the Doughboy Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°20′24″S 148°03′00″E / 40.34000°S 148.05000°E / -40.34000; 148.05000
ArchipelagoTin Kettle Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area30 ha (74 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

The Doughboy Island, part of the Tin Kettle Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 30-hectare (74-acre) unpopulated mainly granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]

The island has been devastated by irresponsible farming practices and fire.[citation needed]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Doughboy Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  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


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