Badger Island (Lake Winnipesaukee)
Badger Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a unpopulated low-lying granite and limestone island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders Island, Flinders and Cape Barren Island, Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, in south-eastern Australia. The island is private property and is extensively grazed by livestock and Macropodidae, macropods. It contains a homestead (buildings), homestead, jetty and airstrip. It is also part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area. Besides Badger Island, other islands that comprise the Badger Group include the Goose Island (Tasmania), Goose, Inner Little Goose Island, Inner Little Goose, Little Badger Island, Little Badger, Little Goose Island, Little Goose, Mount Chappell Island, Mount Chappell, and Beagle Island, Beagle islands, and the North West Mount Chappell Islet. Flora and fauna Introduced plants, grazing and burning have had a heavy ...
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