The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2] The island is contained within a nature reserve[3] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[4]

Little Goose Island

Little Goose Island Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E
Archipelago	Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area	3.6 ha (8.9 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.[3]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

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