North West Mount Chappell Islet Explained

North West Mount Chappell Islet should not be confused with Mount Chappell Island.

North West Mount Chappell Islet
Etymology:Flinders

Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name[1]

Map:Australia Tasmania
Map Relief:1
Map Width:280
Location:Bass Strait
Coordinates:-40.2667°N 201°W
Archipelago:Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area M2:7100
Country:Australia
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Tasmania

The North West Mount Chappell Islet, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 7100m2 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 and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Flinders, Matthew . Matthew Flinders . Observations . 1802 .
  2. Web site: Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan . . October 2000 . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 . 30 March 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups . 2011-06-14 . Birdata . Birds Australia .
  4. Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.