Isabella Island Explained

Isabella Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Width:280
Map Relief:1
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-40.13°N 147.94°W
Archipelago:Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:11.4
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania
Population:unpopulated

The Isabella Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 11.4ha unpopulated granite island, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island and south of Chalky Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1] The island is a nature reserve and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[2]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher. Cape Barren geese also breed there. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink and white-lipped snake.[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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 6 July 2011 .