Passage Island (Tasmania)

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Passage Island (Tasmania)

Passage Island is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 253 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. It is a pastoral lease that has been used for grazing cattle.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird, wader and waterbird species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Cape Barren Goose. Apart from cattle, mammals present are the introduced European Rabbit, House Mouse and a species of rat. Reptiles present include White's Skink and the Metallic Skink.[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°20′E / -40.5, 148.333


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