The Goat Island is a small and unpopulated
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
, located in the
Bass Strait, lying off the north-west coast of
Tasmania
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, Australia. The island is situated between Penguin and
Ulverstone and can be walked to at
low tide. It houses a breeding colony of
little penguins.
Along with the nearby
Three Sisters, the island is part of the Three Sisters – Goat Island Nature Reserve.
See also
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List of islands of Tasmania
Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. The other islands have a combined area of , for a cumulative total of 99.75% o ...
References
External links
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Islands of North West Tasmania
Central Coast Council (Tasmania)
Islands of Bass Strait
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