Hunter ( Eng. Hunter Island ) - an island off the western part of the northern coast of the island of Tasmania ( Australia ), is part of the state of Tasmania . The area of the island is 71 km² [1] .
| Hunter | |
|---|---|
| English Hunter island | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 71 km² |
| Highest point | 90 m |
| Location | |
| Water area | Bass Strait |
| A country |
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| Region | Tasmania |
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Geography
Hunter Island is located off the northwestern coast of Tasmania. He belongs to the so-called “ Hunter Island Group ”, to which, besides himself, the islands of Three Hammock , Robbins , , , , the cliffs of and others [2] . Sometimes the group of islands to which Hunter Island belongs is called the Fleurieu Group [3] .
From north to south, the island is 24 km long, while the width of the island from west to east ranges from 0.5 to 6 km [3] .
The highest point of the island is Chase Hill , 90 m high [4] .
Hunter Island is separated from Cape Grim, the northwestern tip of Tasmania , by a shallow Hunter Passage about 6 km wide [3] , and from neighboring Tri Hammock Island by a Hope Channel about 5 km wide km [4] .
History
Archaeological excavations at Cave Bay Cave , located on Hunter Island, showed that people inhabited these places 23,000 years ago [3] [5] [6] .
The first Europeans to discover this island were Matthew Flinders and George Bass in 1798. Initially, the island received the name Barren ( Barren Island [3] or Barren Isle [7] - can be translated as "barren, deserted island"). Subsequently, it was renamed Hunter Island [3] .
At the beginning of the 19th century, sealers lived on the island, and then tenants of pasture lands, succeeding each other for a long time [3] .
See also
- Tasmania
Notes
- ↑ Tasmania: Area of Major Islands . Australian Bureau of Statistics - www.abs.gov.au. Date of treatment December 17, 2012. Archived December 25, 2012.
- ↑ North-West Islands (link unavailable) . www.discovertasmania.com. Date of treatment December 18, 2012. Archived January 18, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S. Harris and E. Lazarus. A barren part of the main ?: the vegetation of Hunter Island, Fleurieu Group, Bass Strait (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania (2002). Date of treatment December 18, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Topographic map of Tasmania - Hunter Island . topomapper.com. Date of treatment December 18, 2012. Archived January 19, 2013.
- ↑ MH Monroe. Australia: The Land Where Time Began - Cave Bay Cave (HTML). austhrutime.com. Date of treatment December 18, 2012. Archived January 19, 2013.
- ↑ Australia: An Ice Age - Walk to Tasmania (HTML) (link not available) . www.janesoceania.com. Date of treatment December 18, 2012. Archived March 31, 2013.
- ↑ Chart of Van Dieman's Land . ( zoom ) . London: Engraved & published by Joseph Cross, June 26, 1826 (Digital Collections / Maps, National Library of Australia, www.nla.gov.au). Date of treatment December 30, 2012. Archived January 18, 2013.