| Actaeon Island | |
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| Map: | Australia Tasmania |
| Map Width: | 280 |
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| Coordinates: | -43.5167°N 205°W |
| Location: | D'Entrecasteaux Channel |
| Archipelago: | Actaeon Island Group |
| Area Ha: | 15.65 |
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| Elevation M: | 14 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
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The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a 15.65ha dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland, that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is named for the ship, which wrecked there in 1822.[1]
There is a navigation beacon on the highest point, .[2]
The Actaeon Island Group consists of:
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater and sooty oystercatcher. European rabbits occur on the island and seals occasionally haul-out there. The metallic skink is present.[2] The endangered orange-bellied parrot is historically from the Actaeon Island.[3]