The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of 6 hectares (15 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]
 An aerial view of Clarke Island, centre; with Spike Island being two small islands in mid-foreground, close to Clarke Island | |
  Spike Island Location of the Spike Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°33′00″S 148°06′00″E / 40.55000°S 148.10000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Total islands | 2 |
| Area | 6 ha (15 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
Fauna
editRecorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Spike Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ 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
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