Key Island

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Key Island, with the adjacent Key Reef, is a granite island, with an area of 6 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, White-fronted Tern and Caspian Tern. The Metallic Skink is present.[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°26′S 148°01′E / -40.433, 148.017


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