geo.wikisort.org - IslandThe Mount Chappell Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 323-hectare (800-acre) unpopulated granite island with a distinctive central hill, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.[2]
Island in Tasmania, Australia
Mount Chappell IslandLocation of the Mount Chappell Island in Bass Strait |
Etymology | Flinders: Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name[1] |
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Location | Bass Strait |
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Coordinates | 40°16′12″S 147°55′12″E |
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Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
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Area | 323 ha (800 acres) |
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State | Tasmania |
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The island was originally named Mount Chappelle by Matthew Flinders for his wife's maiden name.[1] The island is private property, used for grazing sheep and Cape Barren geese, and is a classic example of natural habitat degradation caused by human activities.[3] The island forms part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[4]
Fauna
The island's habitats have been severely modified by slashing, ploughing, grazing and burning. Short-tailed shearwaters breed there. Little penguins used to breed in large numbers but have since ceased to do so. Apart from sheep, mammals introduced deliberately or inadvertently are the house mouse, a species of rat and feral cats. Reptiles present include Bougainville's skink, spotted skink, metallic skink, three-lined skink and tiger snake.[3]
See also
- Australia portal
- Islands portal
References
- Flinders, Matthew (1802). Observations.
- "Mount Chappell Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- 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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Islands located in the Bass Strait |
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Mount Chappell Island o Chappell Island è un'isola del Badger Group, un sottogruppo delle isole Furneaux in Tasmania (Australia). L'isola appartiene alla municipalità di Flinders e fa parte del Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area[1]. Chappell Island è una proprietà privata, utilizzata per il pascolo di pecore e oche di Capo Barren e gli habitat della fauna locale sono stati gravemente compromessi dall'uomo.[2]
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