Gull Island (Tasmania) Explained

Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Archipelago:Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:8.5
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Gull Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is an 8.5ha granite island, located in Bass Strait southeast of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1] [2] The island is a conservation reserve and with the Passage and Forsyth islands, the Gull Island forms part of the Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of little penguins and black-faced cormorants.[3]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and crested tern.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search. Gazetteer of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. 18 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan . . October 2000 . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 . 30 March 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: IBA: Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands . 22 June 2011 . Birdata . Birds Australia .
  4. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.