Billy Goat Reefs | |
Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Map Width: | 280 |
Location: | Bass Strait |
Archipelago: | Great Dog Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Total Islands: | 4 |
Area Ha: | 1.3 |
Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
The Billy Goat Reefs, part of the Great Dog Group within the Furneaux Group, are a close group of four small islands, joined at low tide, with a combined area of, located in the Bass Strait between the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, white-faced storm-petrel, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink and white-lipped snake.[1]