Boomer Island is a
tied island
Tied islands, or land-tied islands as they are often known, are landforms consisting of an island that is connected to mainland or another island only by a tombolo: a spit of beach materials connected to land at both ends. St Ninian's Isle i ...
in the south east region of
Tasmania
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, Australia. It is known for a large castle built upon it and is owned by Gunter Jaeger, a businessman.
Tenure
The landmass is
Crown land
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from the high-water mark to 30 metres inland. The landlocked parcel of land within this crown land is privately owned.
Geography
An artificial
tombolo
A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. A tombolo, from the Italian ', meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated incorrectly as '' ayre'' (an ayre is a shingle beach of any kind), is a deposition landform by which an island bec ...
connects the landmass to the mainland in
Boomer Bay, which itself lies within
Blackman Bay
Blackman Bay is located on the south-east coast of Tasmania
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The island can be seen in several public photographs.
See also
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List of islands of Tasmania
Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. The other islands have a combined area of , for a cumulative total of 99.75% ...
References
{{Southern Tasmania
Islands of South East Tasmania
South East Tasmania
Private islands of Tasmania