Mount_Chappell_Island
Mount Chappell Island
Island in Tasmania, Australia
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]