Ile du Golfe (Tasmania)

Ile du Golfe is a long, narrow, 68 ha limestone island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group, lying close to the southern end of the south-western coast of Tasmania. Its highest point is 150 m asl. It is part of the Southwest National Park, and thus within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.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]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater (134,000 pairs), Fairy Prion (356,000 pairs), Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Black-faced Cormorant. The Swamp Antechinus has been recorded. Reptiles present include the Tasmanian Tree Skink, Metallic Skink and Three-lined Skink.

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