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Doughboy Island (Tasmania)

Coordinates: 40°20′24″S 148°03′00″E / 40.34000°S 148.05000°E / -40.34000; 148.05000
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Doughboy Island
Doughboy Island is located in Tasmania
Doughboy Island
Doughboy Island
Location of the Doughboy Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°20′24″S 148°03′00″E / 40.34000°S 148.05000°E / -40.34000; 148.05000
ArchipelagoTin Kettle Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Administration
Australia

The Doughboy Island, part of the Tin Kettle Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 30-hectare (74-acre) unpopulated mainly granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]

The island has been devastated by irresponsible farming practices and fire.[citation needed]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. The metallic skink is present.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Doughboy Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. ^ 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