Location Bass Strait State Tasmania Island group Furneaux Group | Area 5 ha (12 acres) Population unpopulated | |
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Archipelago Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group | ||
The Little Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 5-hectare (12-acre) unpopulated granite island, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island and south of Chalky Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Contents
Map of Little Chalky Island, Tasmania, Australia
Fauna
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. Cape Barren geese also breed on the island. The metallic skink is present.
References
Little Chalky Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA