  Little Goose Island Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E / -40.29000; 147.78000 |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 3.6 ha (8.9 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[1][2] The island is contained within a nature reserve[3] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[4]
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.[3]
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