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Yes. Australia has several straits, two of which are particularly well known.
The strait north of Australia off Cape York Peninsula (Australia's northernmost point) is Torres Strait. It is around 150 km wide, and separates Cape York Peninsula from Papua New Guinea.
In the South, separating Australia's island state of Tasmania from the mainland is Bass Strait, named after its discoverer, George Bass, who circumnavigated Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) with Matthew Flinders in 1798.
Other Australian straits are:
- Endeavour Strait, which lies between Australia and Prince of Wales Island, in the southern part of Torres Strait
- Investigator Strait, which lies between Yorke Peninsula on the South Australian mainland and Kangaroo Island
- Coarence Strait, located between Melville Island and the mainland of Northern Territory
- Dundas Strait, which is between the eastern side of Melville Island and the Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory
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What is the strait between Australia and Tasmania?
Bass Strait.
What bodies of water separate Tasmania and Australia?
The Bass Strait separates Tasmania from Australia.
What is the name of the strait between New Guinea and the mainland of Australia?
This strait is Torres Strait.
What are the name of some straits?
AAkashi strait- JapanStrait of Otranto - between Italy and AlbaniaBass strait- between Australia and TasmaniaTorres strait- Top of Australia
Does Bass Strait separate New Zealand and Australia?
No. Bass Strait separates Tasmania, the island state of Australia, from the mainland. The body of water that separates Australia and New Zealand is not a strait, but a sea - the Tasman Sea.
Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from which island?
Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from the island state of Tasmania.
What strait of water separate Australia from Papua new guinea?
Torres Strait.
Which strait separates Australia from New Zealand?
The Tasman Sea, rather than a strait, separates Australia and New Zealand.
Which continent is bass strait on?
Australia
What is the strait north of Australia?
The strait north of Australia off Cape York Peninsula (Australia's northernmost point) is Torres Strait. It is around 150 km wide, and separates Cape York Peninsula from Papua New Guinea.
What are the two straits in Australia?
There are more than two straits in/around Australia. Torres Strait separates the northern tip of Queensland from Papua New Guinea. Bass Strait lies between the mainland of Australia and Tasmania. Clarence Strait in the Northern Territory separates Melville Island from the mainland of Australia. Endeavour Strait lies between the Australian mainland and Prince of Wales Island, which is in the far southern end of Torres Strait. Investigator Strait is the passage of water between South Australia's Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
What does Bass Strait separate Tasmania from?
Bass Strait separates Tasmania from the mainland Australia.
