Little Chalky Island
 Little Chalky Island
Location of the Little Chalky Island in Bass Strait
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°07′48″S 147°53′24″E / 40.13000°S 147.89000°ECoordinates: 40°07′48″S 147°53′24″E / 40.13000°S 147.89000°E |
| Archipelago | Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 5 ha (12 acres) |
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Australia
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| State | Tasmania |
| Demographics | |
| Population | unpopulated |
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.
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.
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