Island in Tasmania, Australia
Little Dog Is from east Little Dog Island is a square, flat granite island, with an area of 83 ha , in south-eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania ’s Great Dog Island Group , lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group . It is a game reserve . It was previously grazed, a usage now ceased.[ 1] Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[ 2]
History
Bass Strait sealer, John Maynard, and Margery, the widow of sealer James Munro , were found here with their families in 1861, probably for the mutton bird harvest.[ 3]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin , short-tailed shearwater (over half a million pairs) and pied oystercatcher . The sooty oystercatcher , Caspian tern and white-fronted tern have bred on an isolated rock 200 m north of the island. The swamp harrier has bred on the island. Reptiles present include the metallic skink and tiger snake . The growling grass frog has been recorded.[ 1]
See also
References
^ a b 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
^ "BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands" . BirdLife International. Retrieved 26 May 2017 .^ Kostoglou, Parry (1996). Sealing in Tasmania (First ed.). Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service. p. 99.
40°15′S 148°12′E / 40.250°S 148.200°E / -40.250; 148.200
