Location Bass Strait | Area 3.6 ha (8.9 acres) | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA