Big Black Reef

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Big Black Reef is a small, flat dolerite island, with an area of 0.54 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Long Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group.

[edit] Flora and fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Pacific Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Black-faced Cormorant and Caspian Tern.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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

Coordinates: 40°24′S 147°57′E / -40.4, 147.95


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