The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a 15.65-hectare (38.7-acre) dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland, that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is named for the ship Actaeon, which wrecked there in 1822.[2]
There is a navigation beacon on the highest point, 14 metres (46 ft) AHD .[1][3]
Actaeon Island Group
The Actaeon Island Group consists of:
- Actaeon Island
- Blanche Rock
- Courts Island
- Southport Island
- Sterile Island
- The Friars
- The Images
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater and sooty oystercatcher. European rabbits occur on the island and seals occasionally haul-out there. The metallic skink is present.[1] The endangered orange-bellied parrot is historically from the Actaeon Island.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1920), p.129.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Southport Lagoon Conservation Area" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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