Island in Tasmania, Australia
Fisher Island appears above the right end of Little Green Island in this aerial photo. Fisher Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.9 ha , in south-eastern Australia . It is part of Tasmania ’s Great Dog Island Group , lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group . It is the site of a long-term, ongoing study of short-tailed shearwaters .
Fauna
Apart from the shearwaters, recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin , white-faced storm-petrel , Pacific gull and Caspian tern . The southern grass skink inhabits the island and occasional visits are made by white-lipped snake , lowland copperhead and rakali .[ 1]
See also
References
^ 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
40°13′S 148°14′E / 40.217°S 148.233°E / -40.217; 148.233
