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The islands of Maria and Marotiri are not suitable for sustained habitation. Several of the islands have uninhabited islets or rocks off their coastlines. Austral Islands' population is 6,965 on almost 150 km 2 (58 sq mi). The capital of the Austral Islands administrative subdivision is Tupua'i.
TupuaŹ»i (French: Tubuai) is the main island of the Austral Island group, located 640 km (400 mi) south of Tahiti. In addition to Tubuai, the group of islands include Rimatara, Rurutu, Raivavae, Rapa and the uninhabited Îles Maria. They are part of the Austral Islands in the far southwest of French Polynesia in the south Pacific Ocean.
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.
Physical map of Australia Australia on the globe with Australia's Antarctic claims hatched. Australia is a country and an island located in Oceania between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. It shares its name with the country that claims control over it.
The Bass Islands (27º 35' S, 144º W) include inhabited Rapa island (or Rapa Iti) and the uninhabited Marotiri or Bass Rocks to the southeast. Tubuai is the largest of the Austral islands at 44 km 2. The total land area of the ecoregion is 142 km 2. [1] [3]
Fitzroy Island, one of the 600 islands within the main archipelago of the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, [181] lies a short distance off the north-east coast and extends for more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi). Mount Augustus, claimed to be the world's largest monolith, [182] is located in Western Australia.
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically , physiogeographically , philologically , and ecologically , where the term ...
Rimatara is the westernmost inhabited island in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia. It is located 550 km (340 mi) south of Tahiti and 150 km (93 mi) west of Rurutu. The land area of Rimatara is 8.6 km 2 (3.3 sq mi), and that of the Maria islets is 1.3 km 2 (0.50 sq mi). [1] Its highest point is 106 m (348 ft). [1]