Stack_Island_Game_Reserve

Stack Island

Stack Island

Island in Tasmania, Australia

For the island in the US, see Stack Island (Mississippi River).

Stack Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 23.7 ha and a high point 54 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island.[1]

The island is a breeding site for crested terns

Fauna

The island forms part of the Hunter Island Group Important Bird Area.[2] Breeding seabirds and shorebirds include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, crested tern and fairy tern. Mammals include small numbers of rabbits and rakali.[1]

References

  1. [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
  2. [2]
    BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hunter Island Group. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-09.

40°36′S 144°46′E


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