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Mile Island
The
Mile
Island
, part of the
Big Green Group
within the
Furneaux Group
, is a
granite
island
, located in
Bass Strait
west
of
Flinders Island
, in
Tasmania
, in south-eastern
Australia
.
The island
is partly contained within a
conservation area
; and is part of the
Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area
.
Fauna
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.