Ile du Golfe

A map of Ile Du Golfe

Ile du Golfe

Location off the southern coast of Tasmania

Geography
Location| South West Tasmania
Coordinates| 43°34′12″S 146°31′12″E﻿ / ﻿43.57000°S 146.52000°E﻿ / -43.57000; 146.52000Coordinates: 43°34′12″S 146°31′12″E﻿ / ﻿43.57000°S 146.52000°E﻿ / -43.57000; 146.52000
Archipelago| Maatsuyker Islands Group
Adjacent to| Southern Ocean
Area| 68 ha (170 acres)[1]
Highest elevation| 156 m (512 ft)
Administration

Australia

State| Tasmania
Region| South West
Demographics
Population| Unpopulated

The Ile du Golfe is a limestone island located close to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The long, narrow dolphin-shaped 68-hectare (0.26 sq mi) island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group, and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site.[1][2]

The island's highest point is 156 metres (512 ft) above sea level.

## Fauna[edit]

The island is part of the Maatsuyker Island Group Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for seabirds.[3] Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are the little penguin, short-tailed shearwater (134,000 pairs), fairy prion (356,000 pairs), Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The swamp antechinus has been recorded. Reptiles present include the Tasmanian tree skink, metallic skink and three-lined skink.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Australia portal
* Islands portal

* South East Cape
* South West Cape
* List of islands of Tasmania

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002" (PDF). Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
2. ^ a b 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
3. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maatsuyker Island Group. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2011.

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South West region of Tasmania, Australia

Settlements|

* Adamsfield
* Melaleuca
* Strathgordon

Governance|

* Braddon (federal)
* Franklin (federal)
* Braddon (state)
* Franklin (state)
* Derwent Valley Council
* Huon Valley Council
* West Coast Council

Mountains|

* Engineer Range
* Frenchmans Cap
* Anne

| Frankland Range|

* Citadel, The
* Cleft Peak
* Cupola, The
* Frankland
* Greycap
* Lion, The
* Lloyd Jones
* Murpheys Bluff
* Redtop
* Right Angle
* Scotts
* Secheron
* Terminal

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Arthur Range|

* Federation

King William Range|

Mount King William

Prince of Wales Range (Tasmania)|

* Diamond Peak

Protected areas,
parks and reserves|

* Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
* Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area
* Port Davey/Bathurst Harbour Marine Nature Reserve
* Port Davey Islands Important Bird Area
* Southwest National Park
* South West Wilderness
* Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve
* Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

Rivers|

* Anne
* Davey
* Franklin
* Gordon
* Huon
* Serpentine
* Spero

Lakes|

* Edgar

Lake Pedder controversy|

*   * Gordon
* Pedder
* Lake Pedder Action Committee
* United Tasmania Group

Dams
Franklin controversy|

* Edgar
* Gordon
* Scotts Peak
* Serpentine

* Commonwealth v Tasmania

* The Wilderness Society

Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries|

* Bathurst Harbour
* Bathurst Channel
* James Kelly Basin
* Port Davey

Coastal features|

* High Rocky Point
* Low Rocky Point
* Point Hibbs
* South Coast
* South West Cape

Power stations|

* Gordon

Transport|

* Gordon River Road
* Scotts Peak Dam Road

| Railways|

* Great Western Railway (proposed never constructed)

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Landmarks|

| Natural|

* Gordon Splits

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Man-made|

* Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
* Port Davey Track
* South Coast Track

People of note|

* Bob Brown
* Peter Dombrovskis
* Helen Gee
* James Goodwin
* Brenda Hean
* Richard Jones
* Deny King
* Eric Reece
* Olegas Truchanas
* T. B. Moore

Islands|

* Eddystone
* Hibbs Pyramid
* Inner Rocks
* Sidmouth Rock

| Breaksea|

* Fitzroy
* Kathleen
* Main
* Mavourneen
* Munday
* North

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Maatsuyker (group)|

* Chicken
* De Witt
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hen
* Ile du Golfe
* Louisa
* Maatsuyker (island)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Walker
* Western Rocks

Swainson (group)|

* Big Caroline
* Hay
* Lourah
* Shanks
* Swainson

Mutton Bird (group)|

* East Pyramids
* Mutton Bird Island
* Mutton Bird Islet (southeast)
* Mutton Bird Islet (southwest)
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Wendar
* Wild Wind

Pedra Branca|

* Mewstone

Trumpeter|

* Coffee Pot, The
* Hobbs
* Trumpeter
* West Pyramid

Books and newspapers|

* Tasmania's offshore islands
* Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
* The South West Book
* South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Flora, fauna, and fishlife|

* Orange-bellied parrot
* Pedder galaxias
* Pedder earthworm
* Pedder planarian
* Pedra Branca skink

Bioregions|

* Southern Ranges (bioregion)
* West (bioregion)

Indigenous heritage|

* Kutikina Cave
* Toogee language
* Western Tasmanian languages

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Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia

Islands located in the Bass Strait

| Curtis Group|

* Cone
* Curtis
* Devils Tower
* Sugarloaf Rock

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Furneaux Group|

* Anderson
* Babel
* Badger
* Bass
* Battery
* Beagle
* Big Green
* Big Black
* Billy Goat
* Bird
* Boxen
* Briggs
* Cape Barren
* Cat
* Chalky
* Clarke
* Craggy
* Doughboy
* East Kangaroo
* Fifty Foot
* Fisher
* Flinders
* Forsyth
* Goose
* Great Dog
* Gull
* GVH
* Inner Little Goose
* Inner Sister
* Isabella
* Key
* Lady Barron
* Little
* Little Anderson
* Little Badger
* Little Chalky
* Little Dog
* Little Goose
* Little Green
* Little Spike
* Long
* Low
* Low (Prime Seal)
* Marriott
* Middle Pasco
* Mid Woody
* Mile
* Moriarty
* Mount Chappell
* Neds
* Night
* North Pasco
* North West Mount Chappell
* Outer Sister
* Oyster
* Passage
* Pelican
* Preservation
* Prime Seal
* Puncheon
* Roydon
* Rum
* Samphire
* Sentinel
* South Pasco
* Spike
* Storehouse
* Tin Kettle
* Vansittart
* Wright
* Wybalenna

Hogan Group|

* Southern Boundary
* East
* Hogan
* Long
* Round
* Seal
* Twin

Hunter Group|

* Albatross
* Hunter
* Three Hummock

Kent Group|

* Deal
* Dover
* Erith
* Judgement
* North East
* South West

New Year Group|

* Christmas
* Councillor
* King
* New Year

Rodondo Group|

* Rodondo Island
* East Moncoeur Island
* West Moncoeur Island

Waterhouse Group|

* Baynes
* Bird
* Cygnet
* Foster
* George
* Little Swan
* Little Waterhouse
* Maclean
* Ninth
* Paddys
* St Helens
* Swan
* Tenth
* Waterhouse

ungrouped|

* Garden Island (Tamar River)
* Goat
* Robbins
* Three Sisters
* Walker

Islands located in the Southern Ocean

| ungrouped|

* Big Caroline
* Breaksea
* Chicken
* Coffee Pot
* De Witt
* East
* Eddystone
* Fitzroy
* Flat Top
* Flat Witch
* Hay
* Hen
* Hibbs
* Hobbs
* Ile du Golfe
* Inner
* Kathleen
* Louisa
* Lourah
* Maatsuyker
* Mavourneen
* Mewstone
* Munday
* Mutton Bird
* Mutton Bird (southeast)
* Mutton Bird (southwest)
* Needles
* Round Top
* Shanks
* Sidmouth
* Sugarloaf
* Sugarmouse
* Swainson
* Trumpeter
* Walker
* Wendar
* Western
* West
* Wild Wind

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Islands located in the Tasman Sea

| Partridge Group|

* Arch
* Charity
* Faith
* Hope
* Partridge

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Sloping Group|

* Barren
* Fulham
* Hog
* King George
* Little Spectacle
* Sloping
* Smooth
* Spectacle
* Visscher
* Woody

Tasman Group|

* Dart
* The Lanterns
* Tasman
* Wedge

ungrouped|

* Actaeon
* Boomer
* Bruny
* des Phoques
* du Nord
* Eddystone
* Egg
* Friars
* Garden
* Governor
* Green
* Images
* Lachlan
* Maria
* Nuggets
* Pedra Branca
* Picnic
* Satellite
* Schouten

Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean

* Bishop and Clerk
* Judge and Clerk
* Macquarie

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* Commons

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