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    Spike Island

    40°33′S 148°07′E

    The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of 6 hectares (15 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.

    Aerial view of Clarke Island Tasmania from south east, Preservation Island above, and Cape Barren Island to the right.
    Aerial view of Clarke Island Tasmania from south east, Preservation Island above, and Cape Barren Island to the right.

    Graeme Bartlett / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    40°33′S 148°07′E

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    Overview

    The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of 6 hectares (15 acres), located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.

    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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