Long Island (Tasmania)
View from south-east from Cape Barren Island (below) towards Long Island (upper left) and the smaller Doughboy Island (upper right). | |
Location of the Long Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Archipelago | Long Island Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 313 ha (770 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Long Island, part of the Long Island Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 313-hectare (770-acre) unpopulated granite and dolerite island, located in Bass Strait, lying north-west of the Cape Barren Island in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.