Pelican Island
Pelican Island is an island, with an area of 6.8 ha including an associated reef joined to it at low tide, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Puncheon Island and Vansittart Island.
Puncheon Island
Islet
Puncheon Island is an island, with an area of 17.56 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.
Vansittart Island
Island
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vansittart Island, also known as Gun Carriage Island, is a granite island with an area of 800 hectares. The island is part of Tasmania's Vansittart Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. Vansittart Island is situated 3 km northwest of Pelican Island.
Pelican Island
Latitude
-40.29846° or 40° 17′ 54″ southLongitude
148.32143° or 148° 19′ 17″ eastOpen location code
4RFCP82C+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 68887492OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Pelican Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pelican Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of Tasmania, lat -40,29, long 148,32)”
- Cebuano: “Pelican Island”
- French: “Pelican Island”
- Swedish: “Pelican Island”
- Turkish: “Pelican Adası (III)”
- Turkish: “Pelican Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Farsund and Guncarriage Hill.
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