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    Babel Island

    39°57′S 148°20′E

    The Babel Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 440-hectare (1,100-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, Australia.

    Aerial photo of Babel Island Tasmania, also Cat Island and Storehouse Island
    Aerial photo of Babel Island Tasmania, also Cat Island and Storehouse Island

    Graeme Bartlett / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    39°57′S 148°20′E

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    Overview

    The Babel Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 440-hectare (1,100-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, Australia. The privately owned island was named by Matthew Flinders from the noises made by the seabirds there. In 1995 freehold title to Babel Island was vested in the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, on behalf of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas). Besides Babel Island, other islands as part of the Babel Group include the Cat and Storehouse islands and Fifty Foot Rock.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Furneaux Group

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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