Passage Island (Tasmania)
- Passage Island (Tasmania)
Passage Island (Tasmania)
Passage Island is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 253 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. It is a pastoral lease that has been used for grazing cattle.
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird, wader and waterbird species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Cape Barren Goose. Apart from cattle, mammals present are the introduced European Rabbit, House Mouse and a species of rat. Reptiles present include White's Skink and the Metallic Skink.[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] ]References
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