The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a
dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the
D'Entrecasteaux Channel between
Bruny Island and the mainland, that lies close to the south-eastern coast of
Tasmania, Australia. The island is named for the ship , which wrecked there in 1822.
There is a
navigation beacon on the highest point, .
[Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ]
Actaeon Island Group
The Actaeon Island Group consists of:
* Actaeon Island
*
Blanche Rock
Blanche Rock is a 0.07 ha dolerite islet in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and th ...
*
Courts Island
Courts Island is a diabase, dolerite island with an area of 15.83 hectare, ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux ...
*
Southport Island
Southport Island, with the adjacent Southport Reef, is a 7 ha island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channe ...
*
Sterile Island
Sterile Island is a 3.68 ha island game reserve in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island ...
*
The Friars A friar is a term for a member of a religious order. Friar or Friars may also refer to:
* The Friars (club), American student club
* The Friars (Tasmania), Tasmanian island group
* Aylesford Priory, Kent, England, also known as The Friars
* Provi ...
*
The Images
Fauna
Recorded breeding
seabird and
wader species are the
little penguin
The little penguin (''Eudyptula minor'') is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as little blue penguins or blue penguins owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name .
The Australian lit ...
,
short-tailed shearwater
The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (''Ardenna tenuirostris''; formerly ''Puffinus tenuirostris''), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in A ...
and
sooty oystercatcher.
European rabbits occur on the island and
seals
Seals may refer to:
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...
occasionally
haul-out
Hauling-out is a ethology, behaviour associated with pinnipeds (true seals, sea lions, fur seals and walruses) temporarily leaving the water. Hauling-out typically occurs between periods of foraging activity. Rather than remain in the water, pin ...
there. The
metallic skink is present.
[ The endangered orange-bellied parrot is historically from the Actaeon Island.]
See also
* List of islands of Tasmania
References
Islands of South East Tasmania
{{Tasmania-geo-stub