North West Mount Chappell Islet
The North West Mount Chappell Islet, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 7,100-square-metre (76,000 sq ft) unpopulated mainly granite islet, in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[2] The island is located within a conservation area[3] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[4]
  North West Mount Chappell Islet Location of the North West Mount Chappell Islet in Bass Strait | |
| Etymology | Flinders: Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name[1] |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°16′S 147°54′E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 7,100 m2 (76,000 sq ft) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[3]
References
- Flinders, Matthew (1802). Observations.
- "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan". Department of Primary Industries,Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government. October 2000. Archived from the original on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- 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
- "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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