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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Dog Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Little Green Island and Little Dog Island.
Little Green Island
Islet
Little Green Island is a granite island, with an area of 87 hectares, in south-eastern Australia.
Fisher Island
Islet
Fisher Island is a small granite island, with an area of 0.9 ha, in south-eastern Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lady Barron.
Great Dog Island
Latitude
-40.24861° or 40° 14′ 55″ south
Longitude
148.24728° or 148° 14′ 50″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
4RFCQ62W+HW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “Büyük Köpek Adası”
- Turkish: “Great Dog Adası”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cooma and Bootjack Flats.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Briggs Islet and Billy Goat Reefs.
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Worth a closer look: Hobart and Bass Strait Islands.
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