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Sterile Island
Sterile
Island
is a 3.68
ha
island
game reserve
in south-eastern
Australia
. It is part of the
Actaeon Island Group
,
lying
close to the south-eastern
coast
of
Tasmania
, at the southern
entrance
to the
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
between
Bruny Island
and the mainland.
Fauna
Recorded
breeding
seabird
and
wader
species
are the
little penguin
,
Pacific gull
and
sooty oystercatcher
.
European rabbits
occur on
the island
. The
metallic skink
is present.