Furneaux Group
The Furneaux Group (English Furneaux Group) is one consisting of 52 islands archipelago at the eastern end of Bass Strait between the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania.
The islands were named after the British explorer Tobias Furneaux, who explored the area in 1773. The islands themselves were explored in February 1798 by Matthew Flinders.
The largest islands of the group are Iceland Flinders, Cape Barren and Clarke Iceland Iceland. On Flinders Iceland are 5 settlements: Killiecrankie, Emita, Mark White, Lady Barron, Cape Barren Iceland and Mark White. The latter is the administrative center of the municipality Flinders local government area, which is formed from the islands. These places have 800 inhabitants, the total population of the archipelago is around 900 inhabitants.
The historically significant Aboriginal Dolly Dalrymple was born on the islands.
King Located in Iceland to Australia at the western end of Bass Strait and the north-west of the Furneaux Group Kent Group are not attributed to the archipelago.
Other islands
Some other islands are:
- Anderson Iceland and Little Anderson Iceland
- Babel Iceland
- Badger Iceland
- Curtis Iceland
- Doughboy Iceland
- Kangaroo Eastern Iceland
- Forsyth Iceland
- Gread Iceland Dog and Little Dog Iceland
- Goose and Little Goose Iceland Iceland
- Isabella Iceland
- Big Green Little Green Iceland Iceland
- Iceland Gull
- Long Iceland
- Long Islet
- Chalky Iceland and Little Chalky Iceland
- Mid Woody
- Mile Iceland
- Mt Chappell Iceland
- North, Middle and South Pasco Iceland
- Prime Seal Iceland
- Roydon Iceland
- Sentinel Iceland
- Storehouse Iceland
- Inner and Outer Sister Iceland
- Spike Iceland
- Tin Kettle Iceland
- Oyster Rocks
- Passage Iceland
- Preservation Iceland
- Puncheon Iceland
- Vansittart Iceland