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What are three groups of islands in Bass straight?
Three groups of islands in Bass Strait are the Furneaux Islands, the Kent Group, and the Hogan Island group. The Furneaux Islands include Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island, while the Kent Group consists of several islands, including Deal Island and Erith Island. Hogan Island, known for its rugged terrain, is located to the north of mainland Tasmania. These islands are significant for their unique ecosystems and historical importance.
Name two large islands in that stretch of Bass Strait?
There are more than 50 islands in Bass Strait, but the two largest ones are King Island and Flinders Island. Flinders is part of a larger group of islands known as the Furneaux Group.
Did Matthew Flinders discover Flinders Island?
No. Flinders Island was discovered in 1773 by Tobias Furneaux, the commander of Captain Cook's support ship Adventure, when it became separated from Cook's flagship Resolutionby fog in the Great Southern Ocean.The island was named for Matthew Flinders by Governor Hunter in Sydney in 1798 after Flinder's successful circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in the sloop Norfolk. This proved that Tasmania was an island. Part of that task was also the proper charting of the Furneaux Group of islands - including the largest - Flinders Island.Note that Flinders never named anything for himself.There is also a 2nd Flinders Island off the south coast of Australia. Matthew Flinders named this small island in honour of his younger brother Lt. Samuel Flinders during their exploration of the south coast in the Investigator is 1802.
A group of many islands is what type of landform?
An archipelago (also called an island group or island chain) is a group of islands.
What is the capital of Heard and Mc Donald Islands?
The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is a volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands that is administered by Australia. Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
What is the name of the island group with the capital of honiara?
The island group with the capital of Honiara is the Solomon Islands.
What are the group of island in southern Argentina?
Falkland Islands
What is a group of coral islands?
lakhadweep island
Is Antigua and Barbuda an island?
They are a group of Islands.
'The island of Bikini is in which island group'?
the islands of Bikini Bikini is one of the Marshall islands; the group between the Gilberts and Marianas.
Group island in the sea?
an extensive group of islands is known as an archipelago
When was Flinders Group National Park created?
Flinders Group National Park was created in 1939.
