Long Islet (Tasmania)

This article is about the Tasmanian islet in the Hogan Group. For the Tasmania island within the Furneaux Group, see Long Island (Tasmania).

For other places with the same name, see Long Island (disambiguation).

Long Islet

Map of the Hogan Group showing Long Islet.
Long Islet Location of the Long Islet in Bass Strait
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	39°12′00″S147°00′00″E / 39.20000°S 147.00000°E / -39.20000; 147.00000
Archipelago	Hogan Group
Area	22.85 ha (56.5 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania

The Long Islet, part of the Hogan Group, is a 22.85-hectare (56.5-acre) unpopulated long, narrow granite island located in northern Bass Strait, lying north of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania and south of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, in south-eastern Australia. ^{[1] [2]}

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, silver gull, and sooty oystercatcher. White's skink is present. ^[2]

See also

• Australia portal
• Islands portal

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

1. "Long Islet (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
2. 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