The Strait of Magellan separates the continental mainland from the large island of Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego is known as the Land of Fire.
The Strait of Georgia separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The strait runs approximately 240 km (150 miles) in length and is an important waterway for marine transportation and recreation in the region.
The Korea Strait separates Korea and Japan. It lies between the Japanese island of Kyushu and the South Korean mainland. It is an important waterway for maritime transportation between the two countries.
The mouth of the Amur River is on the Strait of Tartary in Russia.
The Foveaux Strait separates the South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand. It is a body of water about 30 kilometers wide at its narrowest point.
New Zealand is divided by the Cook Strait. It separates the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.
Bass Strait separates mainland Australia from the island state of Tasmania.
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The Strait of Georgia separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The strait runs approximately 240 km (150 miles) in length and is an important waterway for marine transportation and recreation in the region.
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
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.
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.
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.
There are more than two straits in/around Australia. Torres Strait separates the northern tip of Queensland from Papua New Guinea. Bass Strait lies between the mainland of Australia and Tasmania. Clarence Strait in the Northern Territory separates Melville Island from the mainland of Australia. Endeavour Strait lies between the Australian mainland and Prince of Wales Island, which is in the far southern end of Torres Strait. Investigator Strait is the passage of water between South Australia's Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.
The state is Tasmania and the body of water separating Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The Korea Strait separates Korea and Japan. It lies between the Japanese island of Kyushu and the South Korean mainland. It is an important waterway for maritime transportation between the two countries.
Bass Strait separates Tasmania from the mainland Australia.
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.