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[[File:Whitefacedstormpetrel1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|White-faced storm-petrels breed on the island]] |
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{{other places3|Gull Island{{!}}Gull Island (disambiguation)}} |
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'''Gull Island''' is a [[granite]] island, |
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| name = Gull Island |
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| image name = Whitefacedstormpetrel1.jpg |
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| image caption = White-faced storm-petrels breed on the Gull Island. |
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| map = Australia Tasmania |
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| map_caption = Location of the Gull Island in [[Bass Strait]] |
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| location = [[Bass Strait]] |
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| archipelago = [[Passage Island (Tasmania)|Passage Group]], part of the [[Furneaux Group]] |
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| country = Australia |
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| country admin divisions = [[Tasmania]] |
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⚫ | The '''Gull Island''', part of the [[Passage Island (Tasmania)|Passage Group]] within the [[Furneaux Group]], is a {{convert|8.5|ha|adj=on}} [[granite]] [[island]], located in [[Bass Strait]] southeastof[[Cape Barren Island]], in [[Tasmania]], in south-eastern [[Australia]].<ref>{{GazetteerofAustralia |name=Gull Island (TAS) |feature=TAS07760 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, [[Tasmanian Government]] |date=October 2000 |accessdate=4 February 2012 }}</ref><ref name=Brothers2001/> The island is a conservation reserve<ref name=Brothers2001/> and with the [[Passage Island (Tasmania)|Passage]] and [[Forsyth Island|Forsyth]] islands, the Gull Island 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=22 June 2011 |work= Birdata |first= |last= |publisher=Birds Australia |date= }}</ref> |
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{{Islands of Tasmania |state=collapsed}} |
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[[Category:Furneaux Group]] |
[[Category:Furneaux Group]] |
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[[Category:Protected areas of Tasmania]] |
[[Category:Protected areas of Tasmania]] |
Location of the Gull Island in Bass Strait | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°25′48″S 148°29′24″E / 40.43000°S 148.49000°E / -40.43000; 148.49000 |
Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
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Australia |
The Gull Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 8.5-hectare (21-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait southeast of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2][3] The island is a conservation reserve[3] and with the Passage and Forsyth islands, the Gull Island 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.[4]
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.[3]
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