List of islands of Tasmania

Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of 64,519 km² (24,911 sq mi)^[1] - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. There are more than 1000 smaller islands which have a combined area of 4,055 km² (1,566 sq mi), making up the remaining 5.9% of total land area.^[2][3]

A satellite image of Tasmania while a phytoplankton bloom is off the west coast of Tasmania.

Classification structure

A considerable number of Tasmanian islands are identified as being in island groups, including the Breaksea, Furneaux, Hogan, Hunter, Kent, Maatsuyker, Mutton Bird, New Year, Swainson, Trumpeter, and Waterhouse groups.

Regions

Similar to Regions of Tasmania the islands are generally distinguished by the coast that they are adjacent to, as well as Bass Strait - the main separation from the mainland state of Victoria. Five regions are aligned to the north coast and Bass Strait - North West Islands (including King Island), North Coast Islands, North Bass Strait Islands, Furneaux Islands, and North East Islands. The southern groups are South and West Islands, and East Coast Islands.^[2]

Status

There are 334 islands within the state of Tasmania.^[2] Only sixteen of these 334 islands are listed as private islands. The majority of these sixteen private islands have a conservation covenant associated with their title restricting future development, whilst a small minority have a freehold title.^[4]

List of islands

Island, islet or rock name	Location (body of water)	Group	Area		Population 2021 census (unless otherwise)	Land use	Ref
			ha	acre
Albatross	Bass Strait	Hunter	18	44	unpopulated		[5]
Anderson	Bass Strait	Furneaux	166	410	unpopulated	Pastoral lease	[6]
Babel	Bass Strait	Furneaux	440	1,087	unpopulated	Private Freehold title: Tasmanian Aboriginal community	[7]
Badger	Bass Strait	Furneaux	1,242	3,069		Private Freehold title: grazing	[5][6]
Barren	Tasman Sea	Sloping	0.53	1
Bass	Bass Strait	Furneaux	0.01	0	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[6]
Battery	Bass Strait	Furneaux	0.68	2	unpopulated		[5][6]
Baynes	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	1.62	4	unpopulated		[6]
Beagle	Bass Strait	Furneaux	1.2	3	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[5][6]
Betsey	Tasman Sea		175.1	433		Nature reserve
Big Caroline	Southern Ocean	Swainson	6.69	17
Big Green	Bass Strait	Furneaux	122	301	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[6]
Big Black	Bass Strait	Furneaux	0.54	1	unpopulated		[6]
Billy Goat	Bass Strait	Furneaux	1.3	3	unpopulated		[6]
Bird	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	1	2	unpopulated		[6]
Bishop and Clerk	South-western Pacific Ocean		60	148	unpopulated	World Heritage Site	[8]
Boomer	Tasman Sea		35.21	87	Private	Freehold title
Boundary (historically called North East)	Bass Strait	Hogan	2	5	unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Breaksea, North Breaksea, Main	Southern Ocean	Breaksea	16	40	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Bruny	Tasman Sea	Bruny	35,300	87,228	220a	Various	[10][11][12][13][14]
Cape Barren	Bass Strait	Furneaux	46,500	114,904	see Flinders Island	Aboriginal	[10][12][15]
Cat	Bass Strait	Furneaux	39	96	unpopulated		[5]
Chalky	Bass Strait	Furneaux	41	101	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[6]
Chicken	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	195	482	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Christmas	Great Australian Bight	New Year	63	156	unpopulated		[6]
Clarke	Bass Strait	Furneaux	8,200	20,263	see Flinders Island	Aboriginal	[10][12]
Coffee Pot, The	Southern Ocean	Trumpeter	0.31	1
Councillor	Bass Strait	New Year	10.53	26	unpopulated		[6]
Cygnet	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	0.5	1	unpopulated		[6]
Dart	Tasman Sea		12.8	32
Deal	Bass Strait	Kent	1,576.75	3,896	-	Kent Group National Park
De Witt	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	517	1,278	-	Southwest National Park
Doughboy	Bass Strait	Furneaux	30	74	unpopulated		[6]
Dover	Bass Strait	Kent	295	729	-	Kent Group National Park
East	Bass Strait	Hogan	12.42	31	-	Crown land	[9]
East Kangaroo	Bass Strait	Furneaux	157	388	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[6]
East Pyramids	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	6.69	17
Eddystone Pedra Branca Sidmouth	Southern Ocean (South East Cape)		2	5	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Erith	Bass Strait	Kent	323	798	unpopulated	Kent Group National Park
Fitzroy		Breaksea
Flat Top	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	1.58	4	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Flat Witch	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	64	158	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Flinders	Bass Strait	Furneaux	134,000	331,121	922b	Various	[10][12][16]
Forsyth	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Foster	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	48	119	unpopulated		[5][6]
Fulham	Tasman Sea	Sloping	10	25	unpopulated	Private Freehold title (possible future restrictions)	[17]
George	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	7	17	unpopulated		[6]
Goat	Bass Strait				unpopulated	Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve
Goose	Bass Strait	Furneaux	109	269	unpopulated	Conservation area	[5][6]
Grave Island	Tasman Sea		0.2	0
Great Dog	Bass Strait	Furneaux	354	875	10 (2004)	Private Freehold title	[5][6]
Gull	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Hay	Southern Ocean	Swainson	1.85	5
Hen	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	7.6	19	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Hibbs Pyramid	Southern Ocean	Hibbs Pyramid	4.65	11	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Hippolyte	Tasman Sea
Hobbs	Southern Ocean	Trumpeter	9.7	24
Hog	Bass Strait	Sloping	0.35	1		Nature reserve	[6]: 452
Hogan	Bass Strait	Hogan	232	573	unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Hunter	Bass Strait	Hunter	7,100	17,544	unpopulated	Crown lease	[10][12]
Ile des Phoques	Tasman Sea		8.05	20		Nature reserve	[6]: 410
Ile du Golfe	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	68	168	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Ile du Nord	Tasman Sea	Maria	10	25	unpopulated	Maria Island National Park
Inner Little	Bass Strait	Furneaux	4.5	11	unpopulated	Conservation area	[5][6]
Inner	Southern Ocean		0.23	1
Inner Sister	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Iron Pot	Tasman Sea		1.27	3
Isabella	Bass Strait	Furneaux	11.4	28	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[6]
Isle of Caves	Tasman Sea		1.4	3
Judge and Clerk	South-western Pacific Ocean		20	49	unpopulated	World Heritage Site	[8]
Judgement	Bass Strait	Kent	0.39	1	unpopulated	Kent Group National Park
Kathleen	Southern Ocean	Breaksea	11.35	28
Ketchem Island	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird			unpopulated	World Heritage Site
King	Bass Strait	New Year	109,400	270,333	1,617	Various	[10][12][18]
King George	Tasman Sea	Sloping	19.8	49	2d (2018)	Private Freehold Title to high water mark with conservation covenant on part
Lachlan	Tasman Sea		2.5	6
Lanterns, The	Tasman Sea	Tasman	5.35	13	unpopulated	Tasman National Park
Little Badger	Bass Strait	Furneaux	2.5	6	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[5][6]
Little Betsey	Tasman Sea		0.75	2		Nature reserve
Little Chalky	Bass Strait	Furneaux	5	12	unpopulated		[6]
Little Dog	Bass Strait	Furneaux	83	205
Little Goose	Bass Strait	Furneaux	3.6	9	unpopulated	Nature reserve	[5][6]
Little Green	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Little Spectacle	Tasman Sea	Sloping	0.62	2	unpopulated
Little Swan	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	12.64	31	unpopulated		[6]
Little Waterhouse	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	2.5	6	unpopulated		[6]
Long (Furneaux)	Bass Strait	Furneaux	313	773	unpopulated	Grazing	[6]
Long (Hogan)	Bass Strait	Hogan	22.85	56	unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Louisa	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	23.04	57	unpopulated	Southwest National Park	[6]: 512
Lourah	Southern Ocean	Swainson	4.86	12
Low (Prime Seal Group)	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Maatsuyker	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	186	460	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Maclean	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	1.11	3	unpopulated		[6]
Macquarie	South-western Pacific Ocean		12,400	30,641	unpopulated	World Heritage Site	[10][8][12]
Maria	Tasman Sea	Maria	10,100	24,958	unpopulated	Maria Island National Park	[10][12]
Mavourneen	Southern Ocean	Breaksea	0.88	2
Mewstone	Southern Ocean	Pedra Branca	13.1	32
Mile	Bass Strait	Furneaux	4	10	unpopulated	Conservation area	[6]
Mount Chappell	Bass Strait	Furneaux	323	798	unpopulated	Private Freehold title: grazing	[5][6]
Munday	Southern Ocean	Breaksea
Mutton Bird (southeast)	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	0.52	1
Mutton Bird (southwest)	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	0.52	1
Needle	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	10.5	26	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
New Year	Great Australian Bight	New Year	98.22	243	unpopulated		[6]
Night	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Ninth	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	32	79	unpopulated		[6]
North East	Bass Strait	Kent	32.62	81	unpopulated	Kent Group National Park
North West Mount Chappell	Bass Strait	Furneaux	0.71	2	unpopulated		[5][6]
Paddys	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	4.6	11	unpopulated		[6]
Partridge	Tasman Sea	Partridge	103	255	unpopulated	South Bruny National Park	[19]
Passage	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Pelican	Bass Strait	Furneaux	6.8	17	unpopulated
Penguin	Bass Strait	North Coast	2.73	7	unpopulated		[6]
Perkins	Bass Strait
Philips	Macquarie Harbour
Preservation	Bass Strait	Furneaux	207	512
Prime Seal	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Puncheon	Bass Strait	Furneaux	17.56	43	1	Private
Ram	Bass Strait	Furneaux	1	2		Private
Reynolds	Great Lake
Robbins	Bass Strait	Robbins	9,900	24,463	unpopulated	Private	[10][20][21]
Rodondo	Bass Strait	Rodondo	106	262	unpopulated	Nature reserve
Round	Bass Strait	Hogan			unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Round Top	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	6.25	15	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Roydon	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Rum	Bass Strait	Furneaux
St Helens	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	51	126	unpopulated	Conservation area	[6]
Sarah	Macquarie Harbour		8	20		Historic site	[22]
Satellite	Tasman Sea
Schouten	Tasman Sea		2,800	6,919	unpopulated	Freycinet National Park	[10][12]
Seal	Bass Strait	Hogan			unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Shanks	Southern Ocean	Swainson	2.72	7
Sloping	Tasman Sea	Sloping	117.2	290	unpopulated	Nature reserve
Sidmouth	Southern Ocean
Smooth	Tasman Sea	Sloping	59.31	147	3d (2018)	Private Freehold title
South Black	Bass Strait	Hunter	1	2	unpopulated	Bird reserve	[6]
South Pasco	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Southport	Tasman Sea
South West	Bass Strait	Kent	19.09	47	unpopulated	Kent Group National Park
Spectacle	Tasman Sea	Sloping	3.5	9	unpopulated
Storehouse	Bass Strait	Furneaux	20	49	unpopulated		[5][6]
Sugarloaf	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	3.56	9
Sugarmouse	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	0.54	1
Swainson	Southern Ocean	Swainson	4.14	10
Swan	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	239	591	unpopulated		[6]
Taillefer	Tasman Sea
Tasman	Tasman Sea
Tenth	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	0.9	2	unpopulated		[5][6]
Three Hummock	Bass Strait	Hunter	7,000	17,297	unpopulated	Crown lease	[10][12]
Three Sisters	Bass Strait (North-west coast)		2	5	unpopulated	Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve
Tin Kettle	Bass Strait	Furneaux
Tinpot	Norfolk Bay		1.24	3	unpopulated	Nature reserve
Trefoil	Bass Strait	Trefoil Island Group
Twin	Bass Strait	Hogan	5.61	14	unpopulated	Crown land	[9]
Vansittart	Bass Strait	Furneaux	800	1,977			c
Visscher	Tasman Sea	Sloping	3.4	8	unpopulated	Tasman National Park
Walker (northwest)	Bass Strait (North-west coast)	Robbins	700	1,730	unpopulated	Private	[20][21]
Walker (southwest)	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	15.3	38	unpopulated	Southwest National Park	[6]: 512
Waterhouse	Bass Strait	Waterhouse	287	709	unpopulated	Conservation area/Crown land	[6][23]
Wedge	Tasman Sea	Tasman	42.58	105	unpopulated
Wendar	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	5.8	14
West	Southern Ocean	Trumpeter	2.5	6
Western	Southern Ocean	Maatsuyker	29	72	unpopulated	Southwest National Park
Wild Wind	Southern Ocean	Mutton Bird	3.95	10
Woody	Tasman Sea	Sloping			unpopulated
Wybalenna	Bass Strait	Furneaux

Notes

^a : Combined 2021 census data for North Bruny and South Bruny Islands.

^b : 2021 census data is for the entire Flinders Council (Furneaux Group) which includes Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island.

^c : Errol Anderson, family arrived on Vansittart Cutter, island was named for, 26 January 1836, Hobart Town.^{[citation needed]}

^d : Source: Direct observation by editor

See also

• Australia portal
• Islands portal

• Tasmania's offshore islands