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Archipelago

    Australia

    40°18′S 147°50′E

    Chappell Islands

    Part of Furneaux Group

    Mount Chappell Island (Tasmania), 1893. Mutton-bird Egging.
    Mount Chappell Island (Tasmania), 1893. Mutton-bird Egging.

    A.J. Campbell / CC0

    Chart

    9 landforms

    Major islands

    2

    • Badger Island

      Area
      12.9 km²
      High point
      34 m

      Badger Island, part of the Badger Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 1,242-hectare (3,070-acre) unpopulated low-lying granite and limestone island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, south of Victoria, in south-eastern Australia.

    • Mount Chappell Island

      Area
      3.2 km²
      High point
      198 m

    Minor islands

    1

    Islets

    6
    • Little Goose Island6 m · 0.03 km²
    • Little Badger Island7 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island7 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.02 km²
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.4 ha
    • Ann Islet1 m · 0.2 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level50 m100 m150 m200 m198 mMount Chappell34 mBadger21 mGoose7 mLittle Badger6 mLittle Goose1 mAnn
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.0010.010.1110100Badger: 12.9 km²BadgerMount Chappell: 3.2 km²Mount ChappellGoose: 1.1 km²GooseLittle Goose: 0.03 km²Little GooseLittle Badger: 0.02 km²Little BadgerUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.02 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandAnn: 0.2 haAnn
    km², log scale
    Badger Island12.9 km²
    Mount Chappell Island3.2 km²
    Goose Island1.1 km²
    Little Goose Island0.03 km²
    Little Badger Island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.02 km²
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Ann Islet0.2 ha

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus