Mount Chappell Island
Location of the Mount Chappell Island in Bass Strait | |
| Etymology | Flinders: Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name |
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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) |
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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.
The island was originally named Mount Chappelle by Matthew Flinders for his wife's maiden name. 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. The island forms part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.