Great Dog Island
The Great Dog Island, also known as Big Dog Island, and part of the Great Dog Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 354-hectare granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying south of the Flinders Island and north of the Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Dog Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Green Island and Little Dog Island.
Little Green Island
Island
Little Green Island is a granite island, with an area of 87 hectares, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.
Little Dog Island
Island
Little Dog Island is a square, flat granite island, with an area of 83 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.
Fisher Island
Island
Fisher Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.9 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lady Barron.
Lady Barron
Village
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lady Barron is a small settlement on the southern end of Flinders Island, in the local government area of Flinders in the North-east region of Tasmania.
Great Dog Island
Latitude
-40.24861° or 40° 14′ 55″ southLongitude
148.24728° or 148° 14′ 50″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
4RFCQ62W+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 68881781OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2164624Wikidata ID
Q3115947
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Great Dog Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Dog Island (pulo sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Great Dog Island”
- Dutch: “Great Dog Island”
- French: “Great Dog Island”
- Italian: “Great Dog Island”
- Swedish: “Great Dog Island”
- Turkish: “Great Dog Adası”
- Turkish: “Great Dog Island”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cooma and Bootjack Flats.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fisher Reef and Lady Barron Tennis Club.
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