Tasmania

Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of 68,401 km2 and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe.
Wikipedia
NASA, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …has 537,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,038 metres (3,406 feet)
  • Description: island of Australia (for the state of Australia consisting of this island and nearby isles)
  • Also known as
    “Diemen’s Land”
    “Dimens Land”
    “Island of Tasmania”
    “Lutruwita”
    “Mainland Tasmania”
    “Tasmania Island”
    “Tasmanian mainland”
    “Van Diemen’s Land”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miena.
is a small town at the southern end of the Great… is situated 3½ km west of Tasmania.

Tasmania

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Latitude
-42° or 42° south
Longitude
146.75° or 146° 45′ east
Open location code
4RC82Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
8179281
Wiki­data ID
Q3593416

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Yue Chinese—“Tasmania” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Enez Tasmania”
  • Catalan: “Tasmània”
  • Cebuano: “Tasmania (pulo sa Awstralya, lat -42,00, long 146,75)”
  • Cebuano: “Tasmania (pulo sa Awstralya, lat -42,00, long 147,00)”
  • Cebuano: “Tasmania”
  • Czech: “Tasmánie”
  • Dutch: “Île de Tasmanie”
  • Dutch: “Tasmanië”
  • Esperanto: “Tasmanio”
  • Estonian: “Tasmaania saar”
  • Finnish: “Tasmania”
  • French: “île de Tasmanie”
  • French: “Île de Tasmanie”
  • French: “Tasmanie”
  • German: “Tasmanien”
  • Hebrew: “האי טזמניה”
  • Hebrew: “האי טסמניה”
  • Hebrew: “טזמניה (אי)”
  • Hebrew: “טסמניה (אי)”
  • Hindi: “तस्मानिया”
  • Interlingua: “Tasmania”
  • Irish: “an Tasmáin”
  • Italian: “Isola Tasmania”
  • Italian: “Tasmania”
  • Japanese: “タスマニア島”
  • Korean: “태즈메이니아섬”
  • Low German: “Tasmanien”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tasmanien”
  • Russian: “Тасмания (остров)”
  • Russian: “Тасмания”
  • Slovak: “Tasmánia”
  • Slovenian: “Tasmanija”
  • Spanish: “Tasmania”
  • Swedish: “Lutruwita”
  • Swedish: “Tasmanien”
  • Turkish: “Tasmania”
  • Turkish: “Tazmanya”
  • Yue Chinese: “塔斯曼尼亞島”

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