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Land surrounded by water is an island. There are similar land forms such as peninsulas that are not totally surrounded, but connected to the mainland.
From the island the mainland is clearly visible. Mainland here means that the land is part of a continent and can be seen from an island which is separated from the mainland by water.
An island is a piece of land surrounded by water, while a mainland is a larger body of land that is connected to a continent. Islands are typically smaller in size and separated from the mainland by bodies of water.
thin body of water running between a mainland and island.
thin body of water running between a mainland and island.
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The state is Tasmania and the body of water separating Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The water between the mainland of Australia and Tasmania is called Bass Strait.
Flinders Island is in Bass Strait, the body of water that lies between mainland Australia and its island state of Tasmania.
Foveaux Strait lies between Stewart Island and the mainland.
An Island is any piece of subcontinental land surrounded by water. It is detached from the mainland and can also be isolated
Here are two examples: The state of Tasmania is an Island and is separated from the mainland by the Bass strait. Also Hawaii is a state and is separated from the mainland by part of the Pacific Ocean.