Curtis Island (Tasmania)

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Curtis Island is a granite island, with an area of 149.21 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Curtis Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. It is a nature reserve.

It was named by lieutenant James Grant, sailing on the Lady Nelson, after sir Roger Curtis, British governor of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1800.[1]

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Fairy Prion, Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. Reptiles present include White-lipped Snake, Bougainville's Skink, White's Skink and Metallic Skink.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Place names on the coast of Victoria
  2. ^ 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: 39°28′S 146°38′E / -39.467, 146.633


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