Big Green Island
An image of Big Green Island facing towards Mount Chappell Island with a flock of sheep in the foreground. | |
Big Green Island Location of the Big Green Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°10′48″S 147°58′12″E / 40.18000°S 147.97000°E |
| Archipelago | Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 122 ha (300 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The Big Green Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 122-hectare (300-acre) granite island with limestone and dolerite outcrops, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is partly contained within a nature reserve with the rest being used for farming; and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Besides the Big Green Island, other islands that comprise the Big Green Group include the Chalky, East Kangaroo, Isabella, Little Chalky and Mile islands.