Ram Island (Tasmania)

Ram Island (Tasmania)

Ram Island is a small mudstone and dolerite island, with an area of 1 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is privately owned.

Flora and fauna

Recorded breeding seabird, waterbird and wader species are Little Penguin, Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Black-faced Cormorant, Caspian Tern and Cape Barren Goose.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]

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