Beagle Island

The Beagle Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) unpopulated low, flat granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[2][3][1] The island is contained within a nature reserve[4] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[5]

For the Island in Antarctica, see Beagle Island (Antarctica).

Beagle Island

Beagle Island Location of the Beagle Island in Bass Strait
Etymology	HMS Beagle[1]
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°19′48″S 147°55′12″E
Archipelago	Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area	1.2 ha (3.0 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania

The island was named after HMS Beagle by Captain John Lort Stokes, who surveyed the area in 1840.[1]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[4]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

1. Brothers, N. P.; Pemberton, D.; Skira, I. J. (1997). "Seabird islands No 235, Beagle Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 21 (3): 94–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
2. "Beagle Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
3. "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
4. 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
5. "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.