Nickname: Big Dog Island | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Cape_barren_island.jpg) Great Dog Island (centre) from space, January 1997 | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png)  Great Dog Island Location of the Great Dog Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°18′00″S 147°54′36″E / 40.30000°S 147.91000°E[1] |
| Archipelago | Great Dog Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 3.75 km2 (1.45 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
| LGA | Municipality of Flinders Island |
| Largest settlement | Great Dog Island village (pop. 10) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 10 (2014) |
| Pop. density | 2.67/km2 (6.92/sq mi) |
The Great Dog Island, also known as Big Dog Island, and part of the Great Dog Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 354-hectare (870-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying south of the Flinders Island and north of the Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[2][3]
The island is private property and has been severely affected by grazing livestock, fire, muttonbirding and the introduction of exotic animals.[4][5] The island is part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[6]
- ^ "Cape Barren Island, Tasmania (Islands & Reefs)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Great Dog 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.
- ^ Hayde, Kevin Anthony (1992). "Ecology of the feral cat Felis catus on Great Dog Island". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Brothers2001was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 26 May 2017.