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  Battery Island Location of the Battery Island in
Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) [1] |
| Length | 100 m (300 ft) [1] |
| Width | 20 m (70 ft) [1] |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Battery Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. [2] [3] [1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. [1] [4]
- ^ a b c d e Skira, I. J.; Brothers, N. P. (October 1987). "Seabird islands No 174, Babel Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 11 (3): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Battery Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ 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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Battery Island Conservation Area)
Battery Island Location of the Battery Island in
Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°27′00″S 148°10′12″E / 40.45000°S 148.17000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) [1] |
| Length | 100 m (300 ft) [1] |
| Width | 20 m (70 ft) [1] |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Battery Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. [2] [3] [1]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and Caspian tern. [1] [4]
- ^ a b c d e Skira, I. J.; Brothers, N. P. (October 1987). "Seabird islands No 174, Babel Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 11 (3): 83–84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Battery Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ 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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