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Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a 1,367-square-kilometre (528 sq mi) island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. [2] Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties.
Apart from the state of Tasmania (with a population of 570,000), the largest islands by population are those connected to major urban areas on the mainland by bridge, including Bribie Island near Brisbane with a population of 18,000, and Phillip Island near Melbourne with a population of 14,000.
Flinders Council is a local government body in Tasmania, encompassing the Furneaux Group and nearby islands of Bass Strait, in the north-east of the state.Flinders is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 987, [1] with Whitemark the main town located on Flinders Island.
A satellite image of Tasmania while a phytoplankton bloom is of the west coast of Tasmania.. Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia.The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of 64,519 km 2 (24,911 sq mi) [1] - 94.1% of the total land area of the state.
Map of Tasmania within Australia Hobart, the capital and largest urban area in Tasmania Launceston Devonport Burnie. Tasmania is the smallest Australian state, with a population of 557,571 as of the 2021 Australian census [1] and an area of 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi). [2]
Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark. [1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook. [1]
King Island is an island in Bass Strait, belonging to the Australian state of Tasmania. It is the largest of four islands known as the New Year Group and the second-largest island in Bass Strait (after Flinders Island). The island's population at the 2021 census was 1,617 people, up from 1,585 in 2016. [3]