Courts Island

Courts Island is a dolerite island with an area of 15.83 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland. It is connected to Bruny Island by a spit at low tide, and is part of South Bruny National Park.[1][2]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater and sooty shearwater. Feral cats are present.[1]

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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
  2. Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 (PDF), Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006, retrieved 20 July 2006


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