Battery Island

Battery Island
Battery Island is located in Tasmania
Battery Island
Location within Tasmania
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E / -40.45000; 148.17000
ArchipelagoPassage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area2 ha (4.9 acres)
Length100 m (300 ft)
Width20 m (70 ft)
Administration
Australia
Tasmania

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.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. ↑ "Battery Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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