Billy Goat Reefs

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The Billy Goat Reefs are a close group of four small islands, joined at low tide, with a combined area of 1.3 ha, in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Little Penguin, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern. Reptiles present include the Metallic Skink, White's Skink and White-lipped Snake.[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°13′S 148°16′E / -40.217, 148.267