Battery Island

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Battery Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.68 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.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern.[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°27′S 148°10′E / 40.45°S 148.167°E / -40.45; 148.167



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