Battery Island
Island in Tasmania, Australia
40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E / -40.45000; 148.17000
Australia
The Battery Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[2][3][1]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[1][4]
See also
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References
- ^ a b c d e Skira, I. J.; Brothers, N. P. (October 1987). "Seabird islands No 174, Babel Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 11 (3): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Battery Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ 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
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