Forsyth Island

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Forsyth Island is a granite island, with an area of 167 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. Recorded mammals are the Swamp Rat and a species of small mouse. Reptiles present include the Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard and Tiger 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°30′S 148°18′E / -40.5, 148.3


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