Ram Island (Tasmania)

Ram Island is a small mudstone and dolerite island, with an area of 1 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It is privately owned.[1]

Wildlife

BirdLife International identifies Ram Island as part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[2]

Flora and fauna

Recorded breeding seabird, waterbird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher, white-faced storm-petrel, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and Cape Barren goose.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ "IBA: Franklin Sound Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 2011-06-22.

Coordinates: 40°18′S 148°12′E / 40.300°S 148.200°E / -40.300; 148.200


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