An aerial photo of Storehouse Island, bottom centre; with the much larger Babel Island pictured in the background. Cat Island is pictured bottom right.
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Location of the Storehouse Island in Bass Strait
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Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 39°57′00″S 148°21′36″E / 39.95000°S 148.36000°ECoordinates: 39°57′00″S 148°21′36″E / 39.95000°S 148.36000°E |
Archipelago | Babel Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
Area | 20 ha (49 acres) |
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State | Tasmania |
Demographics | |
Population | unpopulated |
The Storehouse Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 20-hectare (49-acre) unpopulated granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.
The Storehouse Island forms part of the Babel Island Group Important Bird Area.
Seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, silver gull, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Resident reptiles include metallic skink and tiger snake. The rakali is thought to visit the island.