Little Chalky Island
Island in Tasmania, Australia
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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.[1][2] The island is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.[3]
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates40°07′48″S 147°53′24″E
ArchipelagoBig Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group
Area5 ha (12 acres)
  Little Chalky Island Location of the Little Chalky Island in Bass Strait | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°07′48″S 147°53′24″E |
| Archipelago | Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 5 ha (12 acres) |
| Administration | |
Australia | |
| State | Tasmania |
| Demographics | |
| Population | unpopulated |
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.[2]
