The Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 41-hectare (100-acre) unpopulated granite island with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.[1] The island is contained within a conservation area[2] and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]

Chalky Island

An aerial view of Chalky Island, from the east
Location of the Chalky Island in Bass Strait
Geography
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	40°05′24″S 147°52′48″E
Archipelago	Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area	41 ha (100 acres)
Administration
Australia
State	Tasmania
Demographics
Population	unpopulated

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and fairy tern. Reptiles present include the metallic Skink, White's skink, white-lipped snake and tiger snake.[2]

See also

• List of islands of Tasmania

References

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