The Big Black Reef, part of the Long Island Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 0.54-hectare (1.3-acre) unpopulated small, flat dolerite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1]

Big Black Reef

Sooty oystercatchers breed on Big Black Reef
Big Black Reef Location of Big Black Reef in the Bass Strait
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°23′24″S 147°57′00″E
Archipelago	Long Island Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area	0.54 ha (1.3 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania

Together with the nearby Boxen Island, Big Black Reef is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it has been recorded as supporting 288 breeding pairs of black-faced cormorants.[2]

Flora and fauna

As well as black-faced cormorant, recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern.[3]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

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