Location of the Big Green Island in Bass Strait | |
Geography | |
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40°10′48″S 147°58′12″E / 40.18000°S 147.97000°E |
Archipelago | Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Area | 122 ha (300 acres) |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
The Big Green Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 122-hectare (300-acre) granite island with limestone and dolerite outcrops, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1] The island is partly contained within a nature reserve with the rest being used for farming;[2] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]
Besides the Big Green Island, other islands that comprise the Big Green Group include the Chalky, East Kangaroo, Isabella, Little Chalky and Mile islands.