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
Little Goose Island is located in Tasmania
Little Goose Island
Little Goose Island
Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.78000
ArchipelagoBadger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area3.6 ha (8.9 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

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

  1. ^ "Little Goose 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. ^ 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
  4. ^ "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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