Chalky Island (Tasmania)

{{Short description|Island in Tasmania, Australia}}

{{distinguish|Little Chalky Island}}

{{other places|Chalky Island (disambiguation){{!}}Chalky Island}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

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| image_name = Chalky Island aerial.jpg

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| image_caption = An aerial view of Chalky Island, from the east

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| map = Australia Tasmania

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| map_caption = Location of the Chalky Island in Bass Strait

| location = Bass Strait

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| archipelago = Big Green Group, part of the Furneaux Group

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The Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a {{convert|41|ha|adj=on}} unpopulated granite island with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Chalky Island (TAS) |feature=TAS03803 }} The island is contained within a conservation areaBrothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. {{ISBN|0-7246-4816-X}} and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area.{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups |access-date=14 June 2011 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }}