Chalky Island (Tasmania)
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Chalky Island aerial view from east | |
  Chalky Island (Tasmania) (Tasmania) | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°05′S 147°53′E / 40.083°S 147.883°ECoordinates: 40°05′S 147°53′E / 40.083°S 147.883°E |
| Archipelago | Big Green Island Group |
| Area | 41 ha (100 acres) |
| Country | |
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Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
Chalky Island is an island with an area of 41 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Big Green Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. It is composed of granite, with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes. It is a conservation area.[1] The island is also part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[2]
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.[1]
References
- 1 2 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 2011-06-14.
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