Long Islet (Tasmania) Explained

Long Islet
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Archipelago:Hogan Group
Area Ha:22.85
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Long Islet, part of the Hogan Group, is a 22.85ha unpopulated long, narrow granite island located in northern Bass Strait, lying north of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania and south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, and sooty oystercatcher. White's skink is present.[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.