  Mount Chappell Island Location of the Mount Chappell Island 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′12″S 147°55′12″E / 40.27000°S 147.92000°E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 323 ha (800 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
The 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]
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]
- ^ a b Flinders, Matthew (1802). Observations.
- ^ "Mount Chappell Island (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Brothers2001was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2011.