geo.wikisort.org - IslandBriggs Islet is a small granite island, with an area of 3.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is a conservation area.[1] The island is part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[2]
Island in Tasmania, Australia
Briggs Islet Briggs Islet appears below Great Dog Island in this picture |
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Location | Bass Strait |
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Coordinates | 40°15′S 148°16′E |
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Archipelago | Great Dog Island Group |
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Area | 3.4 ha (8.4 acres) |
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State | Tasmania |
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Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, Caspian tern, crested tern and white-fronted tern.[1]
See also
Australia portal
Islands portal
References
- 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
- "BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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Islands located in the Bass Strait |
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Briggs Islet est une petite île granitique de 3,4 ha, au sud-est de l'Australie. Elle fait partie de l'archipel de Great Dog Island, en Tasmanie. Elle est située à l'est du détroit de Bass, entre Flinders et Cape Barren Islands dans l'archipel Furneaux. C'est une zone préservée[1]. L'île fait partie de la Zone importante pour la conservation des oiseaux de Franklin Sound Islands, reconnue comme telle par BirdLife International parce qu'elle abrite plus de 1 % de la population mondiale pour six espèces d'oiseaux[2].
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