Sea strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania
Bass Strait
Bass Strait
Map of Australia with Bass Strait marked in light blue
Location
Indian Ocean–Pacific Ocean
Coordinates
40°S146°E / 40°S 146°E / -40; 146
Type
Strait
Basin countries
Australia
Max. length
500 kilometres (310 mi)
Max. width
350 kilometres (220 mi)
Average depth
60 metres (200 ft)
Max. depth
155 m (509 ft)
Bass Strait (/bæs/) 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 waterway between the Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea, and is also the only maritime route into the economically prominent Port Phillip Bay.
Formed 8,000 years ago by rising sea levels at the end of the last glacial period, the strait was named after English explorer and physician George Bass (1771–1803) by European colonists.
BassStrait (/bæs/) is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the...
BassStrait Ferries have been the ships that have been used for regular transport across BassStrait between Tasmania and Victoria in mainland Australia...
up Bass, bass, or basses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bass or Basses may refer to: Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Bass (sound)...
of the dominance of those peoples on the settlements. The unattested BassStrait Pidgin of Flinders Island consisted primarily of English vocabulary,...
(150 miles) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated from it by the BassStrait, with the archipelago containing the southernmost point of the country...
Kong Stock Exchange in 2004. Pacific Basin is the owner and operator of BassStrait, a cargo ship that launched a series of drones that surveilled and harassed...
as well as BassStrait - the main separation from the mainland state of Victoria. Five regions are aligned to the north coast and BassStrait - North West...
sailed through BassStrait from west to east. Governor King, disappointed at the vagueness of Grant's chart, sent him back to survey the strait more thoroughly...
Tasmanian Aboriginal people.[citation needed] After the sea rose to create BassStrait, the Australian mainland and Tasmania became separate land masses, and...
(Victoria) Bass Hill, New South Wales Bass Point BassStraitBass River Bass, Victoria (town) Division of Bass, Tasmania (federal) Division of Bass, Tasmania...
BassStrait Pidgin was an unattested English-based pidgin language spoken in the BassStrait islands of Australia. It likely developed in the early 1800s...
Harbour, then in 1962 it is recorded the vessel Shearwater navigating the BassStrait Islands with a cargo of livestock under his command was lost off Ninth...
The BassStrait Shelf Province is a biogeographic region of Australia's coastal and continental shelf waters. It covers the central BassStrait between...
crossing in 9 days, travelling 340 km by kayak in 2006. The BassStrait is the sea strait which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland. Cas &...
Phillip, Corio Bay and BassStrait. The peninsula, together with the Mornington Peninsula, separates Port Phillip Bay from BassStrait. The peninsula itself...
Furneaux Group, is a 1,367-square-kilometre (528 sq mi) island in the BassStrait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. Today Flinders Island is part of...
the globe. To its north, it is separated from mainland Australia by BassStrait. Tasmania is the only Australian state that is not located on the Australian...
exploratory climbs. In 2003, he made the first nonstop kayak crossing of the BassStrait. In 2004, he kayaked across the Gulf of Carpentaria. In 2006, he led...
Australian National Line (ANL) would no longer operate a service across BassStrait with Empress of Australia. After the cessation of ANL operations to Tasmania...
surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and BassStrait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically...
short-tailed shearwater, also known as the yolla or Australian muttonbird, in BassStrait, Tasmania, as well as the sooty shearwater, also known as the tītī or...
grids of the states of Victoria and Tasmania in Australia, crossing BassStrait, connecting the Loy Yang Power Station, Victoria on the Australian mainland...
is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of BassStrait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after...