List of islands of Tasmania
This is a list of islands of Tasmania, the smallest and southernmost state of Australia.
Sizes
The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of 64,103 km2 (24,750 sq mi)[1] - 94.1% of the total land area of the state of Tasmania. The 11 next largest islands have a combined area of 3,826 km2 (1,477 sq mi), for a cumulative total of 99.75% of the state.
Over 300 smaller islands[2][3] make up the remaining 173 km2 (67 sq mi) of total land area.
Regions
Similar to Regions of Tasmania the islands are generally distinguished by the coast that they are adjacent to, as well as Bass Strait - the main separation from the mainland state of Victoria.
Five regions are aligned to the north coast and Bass Strait - North West Islands (including King Island), North Coast Islands, North Bass Strait Islands, Furneaux Islands, and North East Islands.
The southern groups are South and West Islands, and East Coast Islands.[4]
Status
There are 334 islands within the Tasmanian state . Only 16 of these 334 islands are listed as private islands. The majority of these 16 private islands have a conservation covenant associated with their title restricting future development, whilst a small minority have a freehold title.[5]
Island groups
A considerable number of Tasmanian islands are identified as being in Island groups.
List of islands
Island, islet or rock name |
Location (body of water) |
Group | Area | Population 2011 census (unless otherwise) |
Land use | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ha | acre | ||||||
Albatross | Bass Strait | Hunter | 18 | 44 | - | [6] | |
Anderson | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 166 | 410 | unpopulated | Pastoral lease | [7] |
Babel | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 440 | 1,087 | unpopulated | Freehold title: Tasmanian Aboriginal community | [8] |
Badger | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 1,242 | 3,069 | Freehold title: grazing | [6][7] | |
Bass | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 0.01 | 0 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [7] |
Battery | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 0.68 | 2 | unpopulated | [6][7] | |
Baynes | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 1.62 | 4 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Beagle | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 1.2 | 3 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [6][7] |
Big Caroline | Southern Ocean | Swainson | 6.69 | 17 | |||
Big Green | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 122 | 301 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [7] |
Big Black | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 0.54 | 1 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Billy Goat | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 1.3 | 3 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Bird | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 1 | 2 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Bishop and Clerk | South-western Pacific Ocean | 60 | 148 | unpopulated | World Heritage Site | [9] | |
Boundary (historically called North East) | Bass Strait | Hogan | 2 | 5 | - | Crown land | [10] |
Breaksea, North Breaksea, Main | Southern Ocean | Breaksea | 16 | 40 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Bruny | Tasman Sea | 35,300 | 87,228 | 7711 | Various | [1][11][12] | |
Cape Barren | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 46,500 | 114,904 | see Flinders Island | Aboriginal | [1][12][13] |
Cat | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 39 | 96 | unpopulated | [6] | |
Chalky | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 41 | 101 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [7] |
Chicken | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 195 | 482 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Christmas | Great Australian Bight | New Year | 63 | 156 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Clarke | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 8,200 | 20,263 | see Flinders Island | Aboriginal | [1][12] |
Coffee Pot, The | Southern Ocean | Trumpeter | 0.31 | 1 | |||
Councillor | Bass Strait | New Year | 10.53 | 26 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Cygnet | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 0.5 | 1 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Deal | Bass Strait | Kent | 1,576.75 | 3,896 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
De Witt | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 517 | 1,278 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Doughboy | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 30 | 74 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Dover | Bass Strait | Kent | 295 | 729 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
East | Bass Strait | Hogan | 12.42 | 31 | - | Crown land | [10] |
East Kangaroo | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 157 | 388 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [7] |
East Pyramids | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 6.69 | 17 | |||
Eddystone Pedra Branca Sidmouth Rock | Southern Ocean (South East Cape) | 2 | 5 | - | Southwest National Park | ||
Erith | Bass Strait | Kent | 323 | 798 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
Fitzroy | Breaksea | ||||||
Flat Top | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 1.58 | 4 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Flat Witch | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 64 | 158 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Flinders | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 134,000 | 331,121 | 7762 | Various | [1][12][14] |
Foster | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 48 | 119 | unpopulated | [6][7] | |
George | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 7 | 17 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Goat | Bass Strait | - | Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve | ||||
Goose | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 109 | 269 | unpopulated | Conservation area | [6][7] |
Great Dog | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 354 | 875 | 10 (2004) | Freehold title | [6][7] |
Hay | Southern Ocean | Swainson | 1.85 | 5 | |||
Hen | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 7.6 | 19 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Hibbs Pyramid | Southern Ocean | Hibbs Pyramid | 4.65 | 11 | 0 | Southwest National Park | |
Hobbs | Southern Ocean | Trumpeter | 9.7 | 24 | |||
Hogan | Bass Strait | Hogan | 232 | 573 | - | Crown land | [10] |
Hunter | Bass Strait | Hunter | 7,100 | 17,544 | - | Crown lease | [1][12] |
Ile du Golfe | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 68 | 168 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Inner Little | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 4.5 | 11 | unpopulated | Conservation area | [6][7] |
Inner | Southern Ocean | 0.23 | 1 | ||||
Isabella | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 11.4 | 28 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [7] |
Judge and Clerk | South-western Pacific Ocean | 20 | 49 | unpopulated | World Heritage Site | [9] | |
Judgement | Bass Strait | Kent | 0.39 | 1 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
Kathleen | Southern Ocean | Breaksea | 11.35 | 28 | |||
King | Bass Strait | New Year | 109,400 | 270,333 | 1,565 | Various | [1][12][15] |
Little Badger | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 2.5 | 6 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [6][7] |
Little Chalky | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 5 | 12 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Little Goose | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 3.6 | 9 | unpopulated | Nature reserve | [6][7] |
Little Swan | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 12.64 | 31 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Little Waterhouse | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 2.5 | 6 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Long (Furneaux) | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 313 | 773 | unpopulated | Grazing | [7] |
Long (Hogan) | Bass Strait | Hogan | 22.85 | 56 | unpopulated | Crown land | [10] |
Louisa | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 23 | 57 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Lourah | Southern Ocean | Swainson | 4.86 | 12 | |||
Maatsuyker | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 186 | 460 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Maclean | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 1.11 | 3 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Macquarie | South-western Pacific Ocean | 12,400 | 30,641 | unpopulated | World Heritage Site | [1][9][12] | |
Maria | Tasman Sea | 10,100 | 24,958 | - | Maria Island National Park | [1][12] | |
Mavourneen | Southern Ocean | Breaksea | 0.88 | 2 | |||
Mewstone | Southern Ocean | Pedra Branca | 13.1 | 32 | |||
Mile | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 4 | 10 | unpopulated | Conservation area | [7] |
Mount Chappell | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 323 | 798 | unpopulated | Freehold title: grazing | [6][7] |
Munday | Southern Ocean | Breaksea | |||||
Mutton Bird (southeast) | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 0.52 | 1 | |||
Mutton Bird (southwest) | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 0.52 | 1 | |||
Needle | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 10.5 | 26 | - | Southwest National Park | |
New Year | Great Australian Bight | New Year | 98.22 | 243 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Ninth | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 32 | 79 | unpopulated | [7] | |
North East | Bass Strait | Kent | 32.62 | 81 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
North West Mount Chappell | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 0.71 | 2 | unpopulated | [6][7] | |
Paddys | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 4.6 | 11 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Robbins | Bass Strait (North-west coast) | Robbins Islands | 9,900 | 24,463 | - | Private | [1] |
Round | Bass Strait | Hogan | - | Crown land | [10] | ||
Round Top | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 6.25 | 15 | - | Southwest National Park | |
St Helens | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 51 | 126 | unpopulated | Conservation area | [7] |
Schouten | Tasman Sea | 2,800 | 6,919 | - | Freycinet National Park | [1][12] | |
Seal | Bass Strait | Hogan | - | Crown land | [10] | ||
Shanks | Southern Ocean | Swainson | 2.72 | 7 | |||
Sidmouth | Southern Ocean | ||||||
South West | Bass Strait | Kent | 19.09 | 47 | - | Kent Group National Park | |
Storehouse | Bass Strait | Furneaux | 20 | 49 | unpopulated | [6][7] | |
Sugarloaf | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 3.56 | 9 | |||
Sugarmouse | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 0.54 | 1 | |||
Swainson | Southern Ocean | Swainson Island | 4.14 | 10 | |||
Swan | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 239 | 591 | unpopulated | [7] | |
Tenth | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 0.9 | 2 | unpopulated | [6][7] | |
Three Hummock | Bass Strait | Hunter | 7,000 | 17,297 | - | Crown lease | [1][12] |
Three Sisters | Bass Strait (North-west coast) | 2 | 5 | - | Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve | ||
Twin | Bass Strait | Hogan | 5.61 | 14 | - | Crown land | [10] |
Walker (northwest) | Bass Strait (North-west coast) | Robbins Islands | - | Private | |||
Walker (southwest) | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 15 | 37 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Waterhouse | Bass Strait | Waterhouse | 287 | 709 | unpopulated | Conservation area/Crown land | [7][16] |
Wendar | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 5.8 | 14 | |||
West | Southern Ocean | Trumpeter | 2.5 | 6 | |||
Western | Southern Ocean | Maatsuyker | 29 | 72 | - | Southwest National Park | |
Wild Wind | Southern Ocean | Mutton Bird | 3.95 | 10 |
Note
- ^1 : Combined 2011 census data for North Bruny and South Bruny Islands.
- ^2 : 2011 census data is for the entire Flinders Council (Furneaux Group) which includes Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Tasmania - Land area". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Tasmania's offshore islands has the claim of 334
- ↑ "Discover Tasmania - Our Islands". Government of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ Brothers, Nigel (2001). Tasmania's offshore islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmania's Offshore Islands by Region. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-7246-4816-0.
- ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/d85ef729-65d5-477e-a764-a8014b352045/files/tasmanian-islands-lists1-4.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan", Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Government of Tasmania, October 2000, retrieved 5 February 2015
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X
- ↑ "Babel Island Land Transfer". Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project. Indigenous Studies Program, The University of Melbourne. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Macquarie Island". World Heritage List. UNESCO. 1997. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tasmania's islands – land tenure and access issues". Tasmanian Sea Canoeing Club. July 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "About Bruny Island". Bruny Tourism Inc. 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "State of the Environment Tasmania 2009". Government of Tasmania. 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Flinders Council - Cape Barren Island". Flinders Council. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "Flinders (LGA)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "King Island (LGA)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ↑ "CLAC reserves proclaimed within the Dorset municipality under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 as at 9 July 2012". Parks Tasmania. Tasmania Government. 2012.