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Island in Tasmania, Australia For the Island in Antarctica, see Beagle Island (Antarctica). Not to be confused with Beagle Islands.

Beagle Island
Beagle Island is located in TasmaniaBeagle IslandBeagle IslandLocation of the Beagle Island in Bass Strait
EtymologyHMS Beagle
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°19′48″S 147°55′12″E / 40.33000°S 147.92000°E / -40.33000; 147.92000
ArchipelagoBadger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area1.2 ha (3.0 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania

The Beagle Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) unpopulated low, flat 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.

The island was named after HMS Beagle by Captain John Lort Stokes, who surveyed the area in 1840.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.

See also

References

  1. ^ Brothers, N. P.; Pemberton, D.; Skira, I. J. (1997). "Seabird islands No 235, Beagle Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 21 (3): 94–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. "Beagle 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
  5. "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia
Islands located in the Bass Strait
Curtis Group
Furneaux Group
Hogan Group
Hunter Group
Kent Group
New Year Group
Rodondo Group
Waterhouse Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the Southern Ocean
ungrouped
Islands located in the Tasman Sea
Partridge Group
Sloping Group
Tasman Group
ungrouped
Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean


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