Spike Island (Tasmania)

Spike Island is the double island in the upper left Bay (Spike Bay) on Clarke Island.

Spike Island is a close pair of two granite islands, with a combined area of 6 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. They lie in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher.[1]

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°33′S 148°07′E / 40.550°S 148.117°E / -40.550; 148.117


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