Gull Island (Tasmania)

For other places with the same name, see Gull Island.

Gull Island
White-faced storm-petrels breed on the Gull Island.
Gull Island (Tasmania) is located in Tasmania
Gull Island (Tasmania)
Location of the Gull Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°25′48″S 148°29′24″E / 40.43000°S 148.49000°E / -40.43000; 148.49000
ArchipelagoPassage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area8.5 ha (21 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

The Gull Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is an 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

  1. ^ "Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search". Gazetteer of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  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. ^ a b c 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
  4. ^ "IBA: Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2011.


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