Spike Island (Tasmania) Explained

Spike Island
Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-40.55°N 148.1°W
Archipelago:Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Total Islands:2
Area Ha:6
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of, located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan . . October 2000 . 4 February 2012 .
  2. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.