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Little Goose Island

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Location
  
Bass Strait

State
  
Tasmania

Area
  
3.6 ha (8.9 acres)

Island group
  
Furneaux Group

Little Goose Island

Archipelago
  
Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group

The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia. The island is contained within a nature reserve and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.

Contents

Map of Little Goose Island, Tasmania, Australia

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.

References

Little Goose Island Wikipedia