The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland, that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is named for the ship , which wrecked there in 1822.Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (1920), p.129.
There is a navigation beacon on the highest point, .Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
Actaeon Island Group The Actaeon Island Group consists of:
Actaeon Island Blanche Rock Courts Island Southport Island Sterile Island The Friars The Images
Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater and sooty oystercatcher. European rabbits occur on the island and seals occasionally haul-out there. The metallic skink is present. The endangered orange-bellied parrot is historically from the Actaeon Island.
See also
List of islands of Tasmania
References