Furneaux Group
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Whitemark
Town
Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. Whitemark is situated 8 km northwest of Furneaux Group.
Furneaux Group
- Type: Island
- Description: island group in Tasmania, Australia
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-40.16667° or 40° 10' southLongitude
148.08333° or 148° 5' eastElevation
147 metres (482 feet)Open Location Code
4RFCR3MM+88GeoNames ID
2166011Wikidata ID
Q1475051Furneaux Group Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Ֆյուրնեուքսյան կղզիներ
- Asturian: Grupu Furneaux
- Basque: Furneaux uhartedia
- Belarusian: Астравы Фюрно
- Bulgarian: Фюрно (острови)
- Bulgarian: Фюрно
- Catalan: Grup Furneaux
- Cebuano: Furneaux Group (kapuloan)
- Cebuano: Furneaux Group (pulo)
- Cebuano: Furneaux Group
- Chinese: 弗诺群岛
- Czech: Furneauxovy ostrovy
- Dutch: Furneauxeilanden
- Dutch: Furneauxgroep
- Esperanto: Insularo Furneaux
- French: Archipel Furneaux
- French: Cape Barren Island
- French: Clarke Island
- French: Ile Flinders
- French: archipel Furneaux
- Georgian: ფიურნოს კუნძულები
- German: Furneaux-Gruppe
- German: Furneaux Group
- German: Furneauxgruppe
- Hebrew: קבוצת פורנו
- Hungarian: Furneaux-szigetcsoport
- Hungarian: Tayaritja
- Italian: Isole Furneaux
- Japanese: ファーノー諸島
- Latvian: Firno salas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Furneauxgruppen
- Persian: گروه فرناک
- Polish: Furneaux Group
- Polish: Wyspy Furneaux
- Portuguese: Arquipélago Furneaux
- Portuguese: Grupo Furneaux
- Russian: Острова Фюрно
- Slovak: Furneauxove ostrovy
- Spanish: Grupo Furneaux
- Swedish: Furneaux Group
- Swedish: Furneauxöarna
- Thai: หมู่เกาะเฟอร์โน
- Ukrainian: Острови Фюрно
- Uzbek: Fyurno
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Furneaux
Localities in the Area
- RangaHamlet, 2½ km east
- LoccotaHamlet, 7 km southwest
- LackranaHamlet, 11 km northeast
- Arthur Bay Conservation AreaReservation, 14 km northwest
- Lady BarronVillage, 14 km east
Landmarks in the Area
- Barclay HillPeak
- Martins RiseHill, 2½ km northwest
- Strzelecki PeaksPeak, 4 km south
- Sloping RockHill, 5 km southeast
- Mount HaulandPeak, 6 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Furneaux Group. Photo: NASA, Public domain.