Tasmania
Eastern Tasmania
Launceston

Vansittart Island

Vansittart Island, also known as Gun Carriage Island, is a granite island with an area of 800 hectares. The island is part of 's Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern between and in the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Puncheon Island.

Islet
is an island, with an area of 17.56 ha, in south-eastern . It is part of ’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern between and in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lady Barron.

Village
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small settlement on the southern end of , in the local government area of Flinders in the North-east region of . is situated 9 km northwest of Vansittart Island.

Vansittart Island

Latitude
-40.27513° or 40° 16′ 31″ south
Longitude
148.30207° or 148° 18′ 7″ east
Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)
Open location code
4RFCP8F2+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68887621
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2145310
Wiki­data ID
Q7915186
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Vansittart Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Vansittart Island”
  • French: “Vansittart Island”
  • German: “Gun Carriage Island”
  • German: “Vansittart Island”
  • Italian: “Vansittart Island”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Vansittart (Tasmania)”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Vansittart”
  • Swedish: “Vansittart Island”
  • Turkish: “Vansittart Adası”
  • Turkish: “Vansittart Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Guncarriage Hill and Farsund.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vansittart Island”. Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.