Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

is the smallest and southernmost

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Tasmanian Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th ...

mainland itself is an island, with an area of - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. There are more than 1000 smaller islands which have a combined area of , making up the remaining 5.9% of total land area.

Classification structure

A considerable number of Tasmanian islands are identified as being in island groups, including the Breaksea, Furneaux, Hogan,

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, Maatsuyker, Mutton Bird, New Year, Swainson,

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, and Waterhouse groups.

Regions

Similar to Regions of Tasmania the islands are generally distinguished by the coast that they are adjacent to, as well as

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...

- 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''.

Status

There are 334 islands within the state of Tasmania. Only sixteen of these 334 islands are listed as private islands. The majority of these sixteen private islands have a conservation covenant associated with their title restricting future development, whilst a small minority have a freehold title.http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/d85ef729-65d5-477e-a764-a8014b352045/files/tasmanian-islands-lists1-4.pdf

List of islands

Notes

:: Combined data for North Bruny and South Bruny Islands. :: data is for the entire Flinders Council (Furneaux Group) which includes Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island. :: Errol Anderson, family arrived on ''Vansittart'' Cutter, island was named for, 26 January 1836, Hobart Town. :: Source: Direct observation by editor

References

External links

Map of Tasmania with smaller islands marked (PDF)
{{Islands of Tasmania

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