Dover Island
The Dover Island, as located within the Kent Group.
Dover Island is located in Tasmania
Dover Island
Dover Island
Location of the Dover Island in Bass Strait
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°28′12″S 147°16′48″E / 39.47000°S 147.28000°E / -39.47000; 147.28000
ArchipelagoKent Group
Area295 ha (730 acres)
Administration
StateTasmania
Demographics
Populationunpopulated

Dover Island, the third largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 295-hectare (730-acre) granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.[1]

The island is part of the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania's northernmost national park, which was gazetted in 2002. Unlike its companion islands, Deal and Erith, Dover has never been grazed by stock or cleared, so retaining its original cover of native vegetation and almost completely lacking exotic species.[2]

Flora and fauna

Dover is covered by low forest dominated by Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata). Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, and sooty oystercatcher.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dover Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Parks & Wildlife Service (23 June 2008). "Kent Group National Park - Highlights". Parks & Wildlife Service - Highlights. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  3. ^ 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

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Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia
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