Little Badger Island
Island in Tasmania, Australia
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The Little Badger Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) unpopulated low-lying granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2]
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°18′00″S 147°54′36″E
ArchipelagoBadger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area2.5 ha (6.2 acres)
  Little Badger Island Location of the Little Badger Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°18′00″S 147°54′36″E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 2.5 ha (6.2 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The island is contained within a nature reserve. The island is also part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[4]
