Hogan Island

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Hogan Island is a granite island, with an area of 232 ha and a high point of 116 m, in south-eastern Australia. It is the largest of Tasmania’s Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. The island was formerly used for the grazing of cattle, an activity which has ceased after causing considerable damage to the vegetation and the natural springs there.

[edit] Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull and Sooty Oystercatcher. Reptiles present are the Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard, Metallic Skink, Three-lined Skink, Bougainville's Skink and White's Skink.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X

Coordinates: 39°14′S 146°59′E / -39.233, 146.983


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