North West Mount Chappell Islet
 North West Mount Chappell Islet
Location of the North West Mount Chappell Islet in Bass Strait
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| Etymology | Flinders: Mount Chappelle, for his wife's maiden name |
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| Location | Bass Strait |
| Coordinates | 40°16′S 147°54′E / 40.267°S 147.900°ECoordinates: 40°16′S 147°54′E / 40.267°S 147.900°E |
| Archipelago | Badger Group, part of the Furneaux Group |
| Area | 7,100 m2 (76,000 sq ft) |
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| State | Tasmania |
The North West Mount Chappell Islet, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 7,100-square-metre (76,000 sq ft) unpopulated mainly granite islet, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia. The island is located within a conservation area and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.
Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern.
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