Spike Island (Tasmania)
An aerial view of Clarke Island, centre;
with Spike Island being two small islands in mid-foreground, close to Clarke Island |
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 Spike Island
Location of the Spike Island in Bass Strait
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°33′00″S 148°06′00″E / 40.55000°S 148.10000°ECoordinates: 40°33′00″S 148°06′00″E / 40.55000°S 148.10000°E |
| Archipelago | Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Total islands | 2 |
| Area | 6 ha (15 acres) |
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| State | Tasmania |
The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of 6 hectares (15 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher.
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