Big Green Island Explained

Big Green Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Archipelago:Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:122
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Big Green Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 122ha granite island with limestone and dolerite outcrops, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is partly contained within a nature reserve with the rest being used for farming;[1] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[2]

Besides the Big Green Island, other islands that comprise the Big Green Group include the Chalky, East Kangaroo, Isabella, Little Chalky and Mile islands.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. Cape Barren geese also breed on the island. Reptiles present include the metallic skink and Bougainville's skink. Rats are common.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
  2. Web site: IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups . 14 June 2011 . Birdata . Birds Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 6 July 2011 . dead .