The Isabella Island, part of the
Big Green Group within the
Furneaux Group, is a unpopulated
granite island, located in the
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
, west of the
Flinders Island and south of
Chalky Island, in
Tasmania, in south-eastern
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
[Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ] The island is a
nature reserve and is part of the
Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Fauna
Recorded breeding
seabird and
wader species are
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 ...
,
Pacific gull,
sooty oystercatcher and
pied oystercatcher.
Cape Barren geese also breed there.
Reptile
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...
s present include the
metallic skink,
White's skink and
white-lipped snake.
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See also
* List of islands of Tasmania
References
Furneaux Group
Important Bird Areas of Tasmania
Islands of Bass Strait
Islands of North East Tasmania
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