Spike Island
The Spike Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of 6 hectares, located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Gun Carriage Island”
Spike Island
Latitude
-40.54896° or 40° 32′ 56″ south
Longitude
148.11016° or 148° 6′ 37″ east
Open location code
4RFCF426+C3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Spike Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Spike Island (pulo sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Spike Island”
- German: “Spike Island”
- Swedish: “Spike Island”
- Turkish: “Spike Adası”
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Places to explore: Cape Barren Island and Lyme Regis.
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Highlights: Lookout Rock and Green Hill.
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