Actaeon Island

{{Short description|Island in Tasmania, Australia}}

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| image_name = The Friars - Pennicott Bruny Island cruise (33873441606).jpg

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| image_caption = The Friars are four steep dolerite rocks, part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to Bruny Island, at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. They form part of South Bruny National Park and host a male Australian fur seal colony.

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| map_caption = Location of the Actaeon Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel

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| location = D'Entrecasteaux Channel

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| archipelago = Actaeon Island Group

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| area_ha = 15.65

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The Actaeon Island, part of the Actaeon Island Group, is a {{convert|15.65|ha|adj=on}} 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 {{ship||Actaeon|1815 ship|2}}, 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, {{convert|14|m}} {{AHD}}.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}}{{citation | title=Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 | url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf | year=2002 | publisher=Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service | access-date=2006-07-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060822190600/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/IslandCare/southern_islands.pdf | archive-date = 2006-08-22}}