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There are 334 islands (or islets) within the state of Tasmania; [6] with the main islands listed below, each having a land area greater than 100 hectares (250 acres). A full list of all 334 islands is located at the list of islands of Tasmania.
This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, although uninhabited, are treated as constitutionally part of Australia by the central government. [ 26 ] Norfolk Island's status is controversial, with the present (as of 2018 [update] ) government taking measures to integrate the territory into Australia proper (including representation in parliament and ...
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country of the Kingdom ...
Australia portal; Islands portal; To comply with the Australian place name conventions, islands should be disambiguated as necessary using name (state) or where there are more one island with that name in that state name (closer locality). Islands that are also towns follow the convention for towns, name, state.
The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of 48,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), but their total land area is 566 km 2 (219 sq mi).
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania .
This is a list of islands in Oceania by area. It includes all islands in Oceania greater than 10 km 2 (3.9 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area. No Indonesian islands outside the provinces of Western New Guinea or any other island of the Malay Archipelago are included. For comparison, mainland Australia is also shown.