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Tasmania

Island of Australia (for the state of Australia consisting of this island and nearby isles)

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Also known as Lutruwita · Van Diemen's Land · island of Tasmania · Tasmanian mainland · Island of Tasmania · Tasmania Island

Country: Australia
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Located in: Tasmania
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Area: 65,022 km²
Elevation: 1,009 m
Population: 536,600

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Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of 68,401 km2 (26,410 sq mi) and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe. To its north, it is separated from mainland Australia by Bass Strait. Tasmania is the only Australian state that is not located on the Australian mainland. About 2,500 kilometres south of Tasmania island lies the George V Coast of Antarctica. Depending on which borders of the oceans are used, the island can be said to be either surrounded by the Southern Ocean, or to have the Pacific on its east and the Indian to its west. Still other definitions of the ocean boundaries would have Tasmania with the Great Australian Bight to the west, and the Tasman Sea to the east. The southernmost point on mainland Tasmania is approximately 43°38′37″S 146°49′38″E at South East Cape, and the northernmost point on mainland Tasmania is approximately 40°38′26″S 144°43′33″E in Woolnorth / Temdudheker near Cape Grim / Kennaook. Tasmania lies at similar latitudes to Te Waipounamu / South Island of New Zealand, and parts of Patagonia in South America, and relative to the Northern Hemisphere, it lies at similar latitudes to Hokkaido in Japan, Northeast China (Manchuria), the north Mediterranean in Europe, and the Canada-United States border.

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Highest point: Mount Ossa
Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Tasman Sea
Great Australian Bight
Continent: Insular Oceania
Different from: Tasmania
Tasmania
Territory overlaps: Tasmania

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12 identifiers linking Tasmania across the web's reference databases

-42.0000, 147.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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