Battery Island

Battery Island
Battery Island
Location of the Battery Island in Bass Strait
Geography
Location Bass Strait
Coordinates 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E / -40.45000; 148.17000Coordinates: 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E / -40.45000; 148.17000
Archipelago Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area 2 ha (4.9 acres)[1]
Length 100 m (300 ft)[1]
Width 20 m (70 ft)[1]
Administration
Australia
State 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.[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

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.
  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. 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


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