Rum Island
Rum Island is a granite island, with an area of 13.5 ha, just south of Preservation Island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south-west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Preservation Island.
Preservation Island
Island
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preservation Island is a low and undulating granite and calcarenite island, with an area of 207 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Preservation Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait south-west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group, and is an important historic site.
Rum Island
Latitude
-40.49367° or 40° 29′ 37″ southLongitude
148.07421° or 148° 4′ 27″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
4RFCG34F+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 68900354OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
8179334Wikidata ID
Q7379096
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Rum Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rum Island”
- Swedish: “Rum Island, Australien”
- Swedish: “Rum Island”
- Turkish: “Rum Adası”
- Turkish: “Rum Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Night Island and Clarke Island Airport.
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