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At its narrowest point, Bass Strait is around 240km wide.
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What state in Australia occupies an island?
Tasmania, also known informally as the 'Apple Isle'.
What is the name of the island state found off the coast of Victoria Australia?
Tasmania is the island state located south of Victoria. It is separated from Victoria by Bass Strait.
What is the name that is the island state found off the coast of Victoria Australia?
Tasmania is the island state located south of Victoria. It is separated from Victoria by Bass Strait.
Does Australia have a strait?
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 StraitInvestigator Strait, which lies between Yorke Peninsula on the South Australian mainland and Kangaroo IslandCoarence Strait, located between Melville Island and the mainland of Northern TerritoryDundas Strait, which is between the eastern side of Melville Island and the Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory
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.
Where is oil found in Australia?
Oil is found in many places in Australia. It is found in Bass Strait; off the coast of Western Australia and in the Timor Sea; in central Queensland; and another huge deposit has recently been found in outback South Australia. To see a map of where the Australian oil fields are, see the related link below.
What did Bass and Flinders prove about Tasmania?
Prior to 1798, it was unknown if Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was joined to the mainland of Australia, or if it was an island.In 1797 George Bass made an expedition to the south coast of Australia, reaching as far as Westernport. His observations indicated the strong possibility that there was a strait between the mainland and Tasmania.In 1798, Governor Hunter in Sydney commissioned Matthew Flinders and George Bass to return to Tasmania in the sloop Norfolkand attempt the first detailed survey of Tasmania, and hopefully to circumnavigate it.The voyage was a success and proved both that Tasmania was an island, and the existence of the strait - which was subsequently named for Bass.This knowledge had the added benefit that a ship using Bass Strait rather than sailing under the southern tip of Tasmania could cut a week off the journey time between Europe and Sydney.
Can you name three islands near Tasmania?
King Island and Flinders Island, both off the north coast in Bass Strait, and Bruny Island off the south-east coast.
What is the strait off the coast of Albania?
This is the Strait of Otranto.
Where does the Blobfish live?
Blobfish live in deep water off of Tasmania and Australia, and are rarely seen by humans.
What city is located at 39 degrees south latitude and 146 degrees east longitude?
There's actually no city there. That point is located offshore in the Bass Strait, about 8 miles off the coast of southeastern Australia. If you were shooting for the center of Melbourne, you've missed your target by almost exactly 100 miles, and landed in the drink.
What did George Bass discover in Australia?
One of Bass and Flinders' major discoveries was their confirmation that Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was an island and not joined to the mainland. This discovery shaved a week off the journey from England to New South Wales.
