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'''Gull Island''' is a [[granite]] island, with an area of 8.5 [[hectare|ha]], in south-eastern [[Australia]]. It is part of [[Tasmania]]’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern [[Bass Strait]] south of [[Cape Barren Island]] in the [[Furneaux Group]]. It is a conservation reserve.<ref name=Brothers2001/> With [[Forsyth Island|Forsyth]] and [[Passage Island (Tasmania)|Passage Islands]] it forms part of the Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands [[Important Bird Area]] (IBA), identified as such by [[BirdLife International]] because it supports over 1% of the world populations of Little Penguins and [[Black-faced Cormorant]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands |accessdate=2011-06-22 |work= Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= }}</ref> |
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'''Gull Island''' is a [[granite]] island, with an area of 8.5 [[hectare|ha]], in south-eastern [[Australia]]. It is part of [[Tasmania]]’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern [[Bass Strait]] south of [[Cape Barren Island]] in the [[Furneaux Group]]. It is a conservation reserve. |
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Gull Island is a granite island, with an area of 8.5 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Passage Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. It is a conservation reserve.[1] With Forsyth and Passage Islands it forms part of the Forsyth, Passage and Gull Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world populations of Little Penguins and Black-faced Cormorants.[2]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher and Crested Tern.[1]
40°26′S 148°29′E / 40.433°S 148.483°E / -40.433; 148.483
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