Storehouse Island | |
Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Map Width: | 280 |
Coordinates: | -39.95°N 148.36°W |
Location: | Bass Strait |
Archipelago: | Babel Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Area Ha: | 20 |
Country: | Australia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Tasmania |
Population: | unpopulated |
The Storehouse Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 20ha unpopulated granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1]
The Storehouse Island forms part of the Babel Island Group Important Bird Area.[2]
Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, silver gull, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Resident reptiles include metallic skink and tiger snake. The rakali is thought to visit the island.[3]