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Kangaroo Island, recently promoted as the"Galapagos" of Australia, is the largest island off the coast of South Australia. It can be accessed by ferry, or flights from Adelaide.
Another significant, though smaller, island off the coast of South Australia, is Wardang Island, near the tip of Yorke Peninsula. The waters around Wardang Island are popular with divers as they contain numerous shipwrecks.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe largest island off the coast of the state of South Australia is Kangaroo Island.
If the questions refers to the island south of southernAustralia, this is the island state of Tasmania.
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Where is Phillip Island in Australia?
Philip island is of the south coast of Victoria just south of Melbourne.
What lies just south of Melbourne Australia?
King island lies south of Melbourne.
Where is Kangaroo Island located?
Kangaroo Island is located off the coast of South Australia, just south of the Yorke Peninsula.
What island is just below Tasmania?
The nearest island directly south of Tasmania is Bruny Island.
What island is south of Australia's southeast coat and northwest of New Zealand?
There is no island that fits this description. Tasmania, the island state of Australia, is South of Australia's southeast coast, but it is not really northwest of New Zealand but closer to just west.
Where in Australia is Kangaroo Island?
Kangaroo Island lies off the coast of South Australia, just off the southern tips of the Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas.
Where is the geographical place of Australia?
Australia is a continent just below the equator south east of Asia.
What is an island just south of Australia and one of Australia's states?
It's Tasmania. And yes, it is one of Australia's states. It is actually more southeast of Victoria (another of Australia's states) than just south of Australia itself.
What is at the bottom of Australia?
The southern edge of the main continent is made up of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. Tasmania is an island state laying just below Victoria. The Great Australian Bite is the body of water laying directly south, with the Tasman Sea dividing Victoria and Tasmania. Below all this is the Southern Ocean dividing Australia from Antartica.
What is the name of Australia's third largest island just off the coast of Adelaide?
That would be Kangaroo Island. Follow the link, below, for more information on the island.
What island is due south of the Australian mainland?
The largest island south of the Australian mainland is Tasmania, one of Australia's states. It is actually more southeast of Victoria (another of Australia's states) than just south of Australia itself. Abel Tasman originally named it 'Antony van Diemen's Land' after the governor of Batavia. It was subsequently shortened to Van Diemen's Land, until the colony petitioned to have the name changed to Tasmania,after its European discoverer.Australia's third-largest island, Kangaroo Island, lies south of Australia, off the South Australian coast.Between Tasmania and the mainland are numerous smaller islands in Bass Strait. The two largest of these are King Island and Flinders Island.
Where is Kangaroo island?
Kangaroo Island lies off the coast of South Australia, just off the southern tips of the Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas.
