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Flight path of Tasmanian boobook owls goes through wind farm zones in Bass Strait, study finds • Jan. 10, 2025, 3:54 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Comanche, defending champion LawConnect lead early in Sydney to Hobart yacht race • Dec. 26, 2024, 1:21 AM ET (AP)
Take a hike through the coastal regions of Cape Schanck and enjoy the coastal scenery overlooking the Bass Strait, at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula
Take a hike through the coastal regions of Cape Schanck and enjoy the coastal scenery overlooking the Bass Strait, at the southern end of the Mornington PeninsulaA scenic hike on Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia, which overlooks Bass Strait at the southern end of Mornington Peninsula.
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Bass Strait, channel separating Victoria, Australia, from the island of Tasmania on the south. Its maximum width is 150 miles (240 km), and its depth is 180–240 feet (50–70 m). King Island and the Indian Ocean lie at its western extremity, and the Furneaux Group is at its eastern end. Banks Strait is the southeastern opening to the Tasman Sea. Another small group, the Hunter Islands, is located off the northwestern tip of Tasmania. The strait was named in 1798 by the English navigator Matthew Flinders for the surgeon-explorer George Bass.

Development of the offshore petroleum resources of the strait began with the discovery in 1965 of natural gas at Barracouta and in 1967 of oil at the Halibut and Kingfish fields; production began in 1970.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Robert Lewis.