Mile Island
 Mile Island
Location of the Mile Island in Bass Strait
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°07′12″S 147°54′36″E / 40.12000°S 147.91000°ECoordinates: 40°07′12″S 147°54′36″E / 40.12000°S 147.91000°E |
| Archipelago | Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 4 ha (9.9 acres) |
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Australia
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| State | Tasmania |
The Mile Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is partly contained within a conservation area; and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher and black-faced cormorant. The metallic skink is present.
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