Spike Island (Tasmania)
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| Waters | Bass Street | |
| Archipelago | Furneaux group | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 33 ′ S , 148 ° 7 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Spike Island is a small uninhabited island in Australia and is located in Spike Bay of the same name to the west of Clarke Island .
The island is about six hectares and belongs to the Tasmanian Furneaux group in the eastern Bass Strait .
Little penguins , black- billed gulls , herring head gulls and soot-oystercatchers are native to the islands .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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