Long Islet (Tasmania)
Appearance
Location of the Long Islet in Bass Strait | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 39°12′00″S 147°00′00″E / 39.20000°S 147.00000°E |
Archipelago | Hogan Group |
Area | 22.85 ha (56.5 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
The Long Islet, part of the Hogan Group, is a 22.85-hectare (56.5-acre) unpopulated long, narrow granite island located in northern Bass Strait, lying north of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania and south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]
Fauna
[edit]Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, and sooty oystercatcher. White's skink is present.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Long Islet (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X