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Kent Group
The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia. Collectively, the group is comprised within the Kent Group National Park.
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The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia. Collectively, the group is comprised within the Kent Group National Park. The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of Supply" when Flinders passed them on 8 February 1798 in Francis (on her way to salvage Sydney Cove). The largest island in the group is Deal Island; the others, in order of descending size, are Erith Island, Dover Island, North East Isle, South West Isle and Judgement Rocks.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands2
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries5
Major islands
Deal Island
- Area
- 15.8 km²
- High point
- 147 m
Deal Island, the largest island of the Kent Group, is a 1,576-hectare (3,890-acre) granite island, located in northern Bass Strait, that lies between the Furneaux Group, north-east of Tasmania, and Wilsons Promontory, in Victoria, Australia.
Erith Island
- Area
- 3.2 km²
- High point
- 163 m
Erith Island, the second largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 323-hectare (800-acre) granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.
Dover Island
- Area
- 2.9 km²
- High point
- 230 m
Dover Island, the third largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 295-hectare (730-acre) granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.
Minor islands
North East Isle
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- High point
- 101 m
South West Isle
- Area
- 0.19 km²
- High point
- 72 m
Rocks & skerries
- Pulpit Rock0.1 ha
- Anvil Rock0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Hat Rock<0.1 ha
- Judgement Rocks—
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Comparative heights
- Dover: 230 m
- Erith: 163 m
- Deal: 147 m
- North East: 101 m
- South West: 72 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Deal Island | 15.8 km² |
| Erith Island | 3.2 km² |
| Dover Island | 2.9 km² |
| North East Isle | 0.32 km² |
| South West Isle | 0.19 km² |
| Pulpit Rock | 0.1 ha |
| Anvil Rock | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Hat Rock | <0.1 ha |
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Swashaway Deal Island - panoramio. Terrafirma123 / CC BY 3.0