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Green Island is a small island nature reserve with an area of 4.17 ha close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia at the entrance to the River Derwent.
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Map of Green Island, Tasmania, Australia
It lies in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.
Flora and fauna
The vegetation is dominated by Acaena, bracken and thistles, with introduced grasses around the shoreline and some scattered Correa bushes. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, kelp gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. European rabbits have been introduced to the island. The metallic skink is present.
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Green Island (Tasmania) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA