Mile Island Explained

Mile Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Archipelago:Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area Ha:4
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Mile Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 4ha granite island, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is partly contained within a conservation area;[1] 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.[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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm . 6 July 2011 . dead .