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is the smallest and southernmost

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. 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% of the state. About 1000 smaller islands make up the remaining of total land area.

Classification structure

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

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, Maatsuyker, Mutton Bird,

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, Swainson,

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, and Waterhouse groups.

Regions

Similar to

Regions of Tasmania In the Australian state of Tasmania, there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names. Regions are areas that share similar characteristics. These characteristics may be natural such as the Furneaux Islands, the coastline, or the ...

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 Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...

- the main separation from the mainland state of

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. 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

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associated with their title restricting future development, whilst a small minority have a

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List of islands

Notes

:: Combined data for North Bruny and South Bruny Islands. :: data is for the entire

Flinders Council Flinders Council is a local government body in Tasmania, encompassing the Furneaux Group and nearby islands of Bass Strait, in the north-east of the state. Flinders is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 987, w ...

(Furneaux Group) which includes Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island. :: Errol Anderson, family arrived on Vansittart Cutter, island was named for, Jan 26 1836, Hobart Town. :: Source: Direct observation by editor

References

External links

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