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Isabella Island

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Location
  
Bass Strait

State
  
Tasmania

Area
  
11.4 ha (28 acres)

Population
  
unpopulated

Isabella Island

Archipelago
  
Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group

The Isabella Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 11.4-hectare (28-acre) unpopulated granite island, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island and south of Chalky Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is a nature reserve and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.

Contents

Map of Isabela Island, Ecuador

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher. Cape Barren geese also breed there. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, White's skink and white-lipped snake.

References

Isabella Island Wikipedia