Little Goose Island
 Little Goose Island
Location of the Little Goose Island in Bass Strait
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°ECoordinates: 40°17′24″S 147°46′48″E / 40.29000°S 147.78000°E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 3.6 ha (8.9 acres) |
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| State | Tasmania |
The Little Goose Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) unpopulated flat, round granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia. The island is contained within a nature reserve and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.
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