North West Mount Chappell Islet
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| Etymology | Flinders: Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name[1] |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bass Strait |
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| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 7,100 m2 (76,000 sq ft) |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
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]
Fauna
[edit | edit source]Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[3]
See also
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References
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