  Beagle Island Location of the Beagle Island in Bass Strait | |
| Etymology | HMS Beagle[1] |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°19′48″S 147°55′12″E / 40.33000°S 147.92000°E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 1.2 ha (3.0 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Beagle Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) unpopulated low, flat granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[2][3][1] The island is contained within a nature reserve[4] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[5]
The island was named after HMS Beagle by Captain John Lort Stokes, who surveyed the area in 1840.[1]
- ^ a b c Brothers, N. P.; Pemberton, D.; Skira, I. J. (1997). "Seabird islands No 235, Beagle Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania" (PDF). Corella. 21 (3): 94–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Beagle Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Brothers2001was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.