Clarke Island (Tasmania)
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The Clarke Island (also known by its Indigenous name of lungtalanana Island[2]), part of the Furneaux Group, is an 82-square-kilometre (32 sq mi) island in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, about 24 kilometres (15 mi)[3] off the northeast coast of Tasmania, Australia.[4] Banks Strait separates the island from Cape Portland on the mainland.[5][6]
Quick Facts Native name: lungtalanana Island, Geography ...
Native name: lungtalanana Island | |
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Geography | |
Location | Bass Strait |
Coordinates | 40.535°S 148.170°E / -40.535; 148.170 |
Archipelago | Furneaux Group |
Area | 82 km2 (32 sq mi) |
Area rank | 8th in Tasmania |
Highest elevation | 206 m (676 ft)[1] |
Administration | |
Australia | |
State | Tasmania |
Demographics | |
Population | 1 (2009) |
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Off its west coast lies the shipwreck of HMS Litherland, which sank in 1853 and was discovered in 1983.[7] Clarke Island is Tasmania's eighth largest island.[8]