Great Dog Island (Tasmania)
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.
Nickname: Big Dog Island | |
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Great Dog Island (centre) from space, January 1997 | |
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 |
| 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 island is private property and has been severely affected by grazing livestock, fire, muttonbirding and the introduction of exotic animals. 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.
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