Little Goose Island Explained

Little Goose Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-40.29°N 147.78°W
Archipelago:Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:3.6
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6ha unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1] The island is contained within 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, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  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 .
  3. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.