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Bass Strait is the body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from the mainland state of Victoria.
Bass Strait is named after George Bass, the sea explorer who was certain that Van Diemen's land (as Tasmania was then called) was an island, and who sought permission and sponsorship from the Governor to prove this.
Bass departed Sydney on 3 December 1797, to determine whether a navigable strait existed between Van Diemen's Land and the mainland. It was on this journey that Bass discovered the strait that is now named after him.
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∙ 9y agoBass Strait separates the island state of Tasmania from the mainland state of Victoria.
Bass Strait is named after George Bass, the sea explorer who was certain that Van Diemen's land (as Tasmania was then called) was an island, and who sought permission and sponsorship from the Governor to prove this.
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∙ 10y agoThe strait of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland state of Victoria is Bass Strait. It was named after sea explorer George Bass who determined conclusively that such a strait existed.
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∙ 12y agoThe Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria are separated by Bass Strait.
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What separates Tasmania and Victoria?
The Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria are separated by Bass Strait.
What is the stretch of the water that separates Victoria and Tasmania?
The body of water between Tasmania and the Australian mainland is called Bass Strait.
What body of water separates Australia from Tasmania?
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
What body of water separates Tasmania Australia?
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
What body of water separates Tasmania and the Australian mainland?
Bass Strait is the body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from the mainland state of Victoria in Australia. It is named after explorer George Bass who determined conclusively that Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was an island.
What state in Australia is an island and what body of water separates it from the mainland?
The state is Tasmania and the body of water separating Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
What is the area of water separating mainland Australia and Tasmania?
The body of water which separates mainland Australia from Tasmania is Bass Strait, so named for the explorer who discovered its existence.
What separates Tasmania and Australia?
There is no such sea as the "Tasmania sea".The Tasman Sea separates the two countries of Australia and New Zealand.If the question refers to the body of water between the Australian mainland and its island state of Tasmania, the body of water is known as Bass Strait.
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.
What is the body of water separates Europe and north Africa?
The body of water that separates Europe and North Africa is the Mediterranean Sea.
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.
Which state is an island and what body of water separates?
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.
