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resources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Natural_resources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Infrastructure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ferries" class="vector-toc-list-item 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</a> <ul id="toc-Sailing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rowing_/_Paddling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rowing_/_Paddling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Rowing / Paddling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rowing_/_Paddling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swimming" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swimming"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Swimming</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Swimming-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Books</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Journal_articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Journal_articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Journal articles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Journal_articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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class="mw-page-title-main">Bass Strait</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrechu_de_Bass" title="Estrechu de Bass – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estrechu de Bass" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Bass boğazı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bass boğazı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80" title="ব্যাস প্রণালী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ব্যাস প্রণালী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D2%93%D0%B0%D2%99%D1%8B" title="Басс боғаҙы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Басс боғаҙы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%9E_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E" title="Басаў праліў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Басаў праліў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Басава пратока – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Басава пратока" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Басов проток – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Басов проток" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strizh-mor_Bass" title="Strizh-mor Bass – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Strizh-mor Bass" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estret_de_Bass" title="Estret de Bass – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estret de Bass" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Strait_(estretso_sa_Ostralya,_State_of_Tasmania,_King_Island)" title="Bass Strait (estretso sa Ostralya, State of Tasmania, King Island) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bass Strait (estretso sa Ostralya, State of Tasmania, King Island)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%C5%AFv_pr%C5%AFliv" title="Bassův průliv – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bassův průliv" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culfor_Bass" title="Culfor Bass – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Culfor Bass" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassstr%C3%A6det" title="Bassstrædet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bassstrædet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass-Stra%C3%9Fe" title="Bass-Straße – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bass-Straße" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassi_v%C3%A4in" title="Bassi väin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bassi väin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrecho_de_Bass" title="Estrecho de Bass – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estrecho de Bass" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markolo_Bass" title="Markolo Bass – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Markolo Bass" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_itsasartea" title="Bass itsasartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bass itsasartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="تنگه باس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تنگه باس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9troit_de_Bass" title="Détroit de Bass – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Détroit de Bass" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caolas_Bass" title="Caolas Bass – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Caolas Bass" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreito_de_Bass" title="Estreito de Bass – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estreito de Bass" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4_%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91" title="배스 해협 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="배스 해협" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81" title="Բասսի նեղուց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բասսի նեղուց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF" title="बॉस जलसन्धि – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बॉस जलसन्धि" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassov_prolaz" title="Bassov prolaz – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bassov prolaz" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Bass" title="Selat Bass – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Selat Bass" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stricto_de_Bass" title="Stricto de Bass – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Stricto de Bass" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretto_di_Bass" title="Stretto di Bass – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stretto di Bass" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A1" title="מצר בס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מצר בס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94" title="ბასის სრუტე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბასის სრუტე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%B1%D2%B1%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8B" title="Басс бұғазы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Басс бұғазы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlangobahari_wa_Bass" title="Mlangobahari wa Bass – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mlangobahari wa Bass" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengava_Bass" title="Tengava Bass – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Tengava Bass" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Басс кысыгы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Басс кысыгы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretum_Bassianum" title="Fretum Bassianum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fretum Bassianum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basa_%C5%A1aurums" title="Basa šaurums – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Basa šaurums" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baso_s%C4%85siauris" title="Baso sąsiauris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Baso sąsiauris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass-szoros" title="Bass-szoros – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bass-szoros" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Басов Проток – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Басов Проток" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="ബാസ് കടലിടുക്ക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബാസ് കടലിടുക്ക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ბასიშ საროტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბასიშ საროტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87" title="باس تنگه – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="باس تنگه" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Bass" title="Selat Bass – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Selat Bass" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straat_Bass" title="Straat Bass – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Straat Bass" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" title="バス海峡 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バス海峡" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Struat" title="Bass Struat – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Bass Struat" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass-stredet" title="Bass-stredet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bass-stredet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass-sundet" title="Bass-sundet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bass-sundet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreit_de_Bass" title="Estreit de Bass – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Estreit de Bass" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cie%C5%9Bnina_Bassa" title="Cieśnina Bassa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cieśnina Bassa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreito_de_Bass" title="Estreito de Bass – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estreito de Bass" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C3%A2mtoarea_Bass" title="Strâmtoarea Bass – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Strâmtoarea Bass" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Бассов пролив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бассов пролив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Strait" title="Bass Strait – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bass Strait" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassov_prieliv" title="Bassov prieliv – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Bassov prieliv" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B3" title="دەربەندی بەس – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەربەندی بەس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="Басов пролаз – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Басов пролаз" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassov_prolaz" title="Bassov prolaz – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bassov prolaz" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassinsalmi" title="Bassinsalmi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bassinsalmi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_sund" title="Bass sund – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bass sund" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%88" title="பாஸ் நீரிணை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பாஸ் நீரிணை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C" title="ช่องแคบแบสส์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ช่องแคบแบสส์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Bass Boğazı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bass Boğazı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Бассова протока – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бассова протока" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="آبنائے باس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="آبنائے باس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eo_bi%E1%BB%83n_Bass" title="Eo biển Bass – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Eo biển Bass" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulang_han_Bass" title="Sulang han Bass – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Sulang han Bass" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%96%AF%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" title="巴斯海峡 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="巴斯海峡" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E6%96%AF%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" title="巴斯海峽 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" 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in Tasmania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png/256px-Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png" decoding="async" width="256" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png/384px-Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png/512px-Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="957" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:20%;left:45.455%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bass Strait"><img alt="Bass Strait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-height="439" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of Australia with Bass Strait marked in light blue</div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region">Indian Ocean–Pacific Ocean</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bass_Strait&params=40_S_146_E_type:waterbody_scale:2500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°S</span> <span class="longitude">146°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40°S 146°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-40; 146</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Body_of_water#Waterbody_types" title="Body of water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">Strait</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">500 kilometres (310 miles)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">350 kilometres (220 miles)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">60 metres (200 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">155 m (509 ft)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bass Strait</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">strait</a> separating the island state of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Australia" title="Mainland Australia">Australian mainland</a> (more specifically the coast of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Land_border" class="mw-redirect" title="Land border">land border</a> across <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Islet" title="Boundary Islet">Boundary Islet</a>). The strait provides the most direct <a href="/wiki/Waterway" title="Waterway">waterway</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight">Great Australian Bight</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a>, and is also the only maritime route into the economically prominent <a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Phillip Bay">Port Phillip Bay</a>. </p><p>Formed 8,000 years ago by rising sea levels at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial period">last glacial period</a>, the strait was named after English explorer and physician <a href="/wiki/George_Bass" title="George Bass">George Bass</a> (1771–1803) by <a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788%E2%80%931850)" title="History of Australia (1788–1850)">European colonists</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extent">Extent</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Extent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the limits of Bass Strait as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-iho_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><i>On the west.</i> The eastern limit of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight">Great Australian Bight</a> [being a line from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a>, Australia, to <a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Tasmania)" title="King Island (Tasmania)">King Island</a> and thence to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Grim" title="Cape Grim">Cape Grim</a>, the northwest extreme of Tasmania].</dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>On the east.</i> The western limit of the <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a> between <a href="/wiki/Gabo_Island" title="Gabo Island">Gabo Island</a> and Eddystone Point [being a line from Gabo Island (near <a href="/wiki/Cape_Howe" title="Cape Howe">Cape Howe</a>, 37°30'S) to the northeast point of East Sister Island (148°E) thence along the <a href="/wiki/148th_meridian_east" title="148th meridian east">148th meridian</a> to <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Island" title="Flinders Island">Flinders Island</a>; beyond this Island a line running to the Eastward of the Vansittart Shoals to [Cape] <a href="/wiki/Cape_Barren_Island" title="Cape Barren Island">Barren Island</a>, and from Cape Barren (the easternmost point of [Cape] Barren Island) to Eddystone Point (41°S) [in Tasmania].</dd></dl> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Long_monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arthur_Long_monument.jpg/190px-Arthur_Long_monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arthur_Long_monument.jpg/285px-Arthur_Long_monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arthur_Long_monument.jpg/380px-Arthur_Long_monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1722" data-file-height="1943" /></a><figcaption>Monument commemorating the first flight across the Bass Strait, by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Long" title="Arthur Leonard Long">Arthur Leonard Long</a> in 1919. Note the spelling "<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><span class="smallcaps">Straits</span>".</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Differing_views_of_location_and_context">Differing views of location and context</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Differing views of location and context"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some authorities consider the strait to be part of the Pacific Ocean<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as in the never-approved 2002 IHO <i>Limits of Oceans and Seas</i> draft. In the currently in-force IHO 1953 draft, it is instead associated with the Great Australian Bight; the Bight is numbered 62, while the Bass Strait is designated 62-A.<sup id="cite_ref-iho_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Hydrographic_Service" title="Australian Hydrographic Service">Australian Hydrographic Service</a> does not consider it to be part of its expanded definition of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a>, but rather states that it lies with the Tasman Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The strait between the <a href="/wiki/Furneaux_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Furneaux Islands">Furneaux Islands</a> and Tasmania is <a href="/wiki/Banks_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Banks Strait">Banks Strait</a>, a subdivision of Bass Strait. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery_and_exploration">Discovery and exploration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discovery and exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_Aboriginal_peoples">By Aboriginal peoples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: By Aboriginal peoples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg/300px-Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg/450px-Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg/600px-Bassian_plain_14000_BP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>The shoreline of Tasmania and Victoria about 14,000 years ago as sea levels were rising, showing some of the human archaeological sites – see <a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia" title="Prehistory of Australia">Prehistory of Australia</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Tasmanians" title="Aboriginal Tasmanians">Aboriginal Tasmanians</a> arrived in Tasmania approximately 40,000 years ago during the <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial period">last glacial period</a>, across a broad prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Land_bridge" title="Land bridge">land bridge</a> called the <b>Bassian Plain</b> between the nowaday southern Victoria coastline (from <a href="/wiki/Wilsons_Promontory" title="Wilsons Promontory">Wilsons Promontory</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a>) and the northern Tasmanian shores (from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Portland,_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Portland, Tasmania">Cape Portland</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Grim/Kennaook" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Grim/Kennaook">Cape Grim</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the glacial period ended, sea levels rose and flooded the Bassian Plain to form Bass Strait at around 8,000 years ago, leaving them isolated from the Australian mainland. Aboriginal people lived on <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Island" title="Flinders Island">Flinders Island</a> until around 4,000 years ago. </p><p>Based on the recorded language groups, there were at least three successive waves of Aboriginal colonisation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_Europeans">By Europeans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: By Europeans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The strait was possibly detected by Captain <a href="/wiki/Abel_Tasman" title="Abel Tasman">Abel Tasman</a> when he charted Tasmania's coast in 1642. On 5 December, Tasman was following the east coast northward to see how far it went. When the land veered to the north-west at <a href="/wiki/Eddystone_Point" title="Eddystone Point">Eddystone Point</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he tried to keep in with it but his ships were suddenly hit by the <a href="/wiki/Roaring_Forties" title="Roaring Forties">Roaring Forties</a> howling through Bass Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tasman was on a mission to find the Southern Continent, not more islands, so he abruptly turned away to the east and continued his continent hunting.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next European to approach the strait was Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/HMS_Endeavour" title="HMS Endeavour">HMS Endeavour</a></i> in April 1770. However, after sailing for two hours westward towards the strait against the wind, he turned back east and noted in his journal that he was "doubtful whether they [i.e. Van Diemen's Land and New Holland] are one land or no".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The strait was named after <a href="/wiki/George_Bass" title="George Bass">George Bass</a>, after he and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" title="Matthew Flinders">Matthew Flinders</a> sailed across it while circumnavigating <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a> (now named <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>) in the <i><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_(sloop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk (sloop)">Norfolk</a></i> in 1798–99. At Flinders' recommendation, the Governor of New South Wales, <a href="/wiki/John_Hunter_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)">John Hunter</a>, in 1800 named the stretch of water between the mainland and Van Diemen's Land "Bass's Straits".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1798 it became known as Bass Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The existence of the strait had been suggested in 1797 by the master of <i><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cove_(1796_ship)" title="Sydney Cove (1796 ship)">Sydney Cove</a></i> when he reached Sydney after deliberately grounding his foundering ship and being stranded on <a href="/wiki/Preservation_Island" title="Preservation Island">Preservation Island</a> (at the eastern end of the strait). He reported that the strong south westerly swell and the tides and currents suggested that the island was in a channel linking the Pacific and southern Indian Ocean. Governor Hunter thus wrote to <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Banks" title="Joseph Banks">Joseph Banks</a> in August 1797 that it seemed certain a strait existed.<sup id="cite_ref-ToD_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ToD-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When news of the 1798 discovery of Bass Strait reached Europe, the French government despatched a reconnaissance expedition commanded by <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Baudin" title="Nicolas Baudin">Nicolas Baudin</a>. This prompted <a href="/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King" title="Philip Gidley King">Governor King</a> to send two vessels from Sydney to the island to establish a garrison at Hobart.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maritime_history">Maritime history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Maritime history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Strong currents between the Antarctic-driven southeast portions of the Indian Ocean and the <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a>'s Pacific Ocean waters provide a strait of powerful, wild storm waves. The shipwrecks on the Tasmanian and Victorian coastlines number in the hundreds, although stronger metal ships and modern marine <a href="/wiki/Navigation" title="Navigation">navigation</a> have greatly reduced the danger. </p><p>Many vessels, some quite large, have disappeared without a trace, or left scant evidence of their passing. Despite myths and legends of <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wrecking_(shipwreck)" title="Wrecking (shipwreck)">wrecking</a> and alleged supernatural phenomena akin to those of the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle" title="Bermuda Triangle">Bermuda Triangle</a>, such disappearances can be invariably ascribed to treacherous combinations of wind and sea conditions, and the numerous semi-submerged rocks and reefs within the Straits.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the strait's difficult waters, it provided a safer and less boisterous<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Safer and less boisterous than what? (November 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> passage for ships on the route from Europe or India to Sydney in the early 19th century. The strait also saved 1,300 km (700 nmi) on the voyage.<sup id="cite_ref-ToD_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ToD-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png/310px-Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png/465px-Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png/620px-Shortest_distance_between_coasts_of_Bass_Strait.png 2x" data-file-width="3508" data-file-height="2481" /></a><figcaption>Shortest distance between the coasts of Bass Strait: South West Point on Wilsons Promontory to the northern tip of the <a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania" title="Stanley, Tasmania">Stanley</a> peninsula</figcaption></figure> <p>Bass Strait is approximately 250 km (160 mi) wide and 500 km (310 mi) long, with an average depth of 60 m (200 ft). The widest opening is about 350 km (220 mi) between Cape Portland on the northeastern tip of Tasmania and <a href="/wiki/Point_Hicks" title="Point Hicks">Point Hicks</a> on the Australian mainland. </p><p>Jennings' study of the submarine topography of Bass Strait<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> described the bathymetric Bass Basin, a shallow depression approximately 120 km (70 mi) wide and 400 km (250 mi) long (over 65,000 km<sup>2</sup> [25,000 sq mi] in area) in the centre of Bass Strait, a maximum depth is the channel between <a href="/wiki/Inner_Sister_Island" title="Inner Sister Island">Inner Sister Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Island" title="Flinders Island">Flinders Island</a>, which navigation charts indicate reaches 155 m (510 ft). Two <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_plateau" title="Oceanic plateau">underwater plateaus</a>, the <i>Bassian Rise</i> and <i>King Island Rise</i> located on the eastern and western margins of Bass Strait, respectively, are composed of a basement of <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>. These features form <a href="/wiki/Sill_(geology)" title="Sill (geology)">sills</a> separating Bass Basin from the adjacent ocean basins. Associated with the less than 50 m (160 ft)-deep Bassian Rise is the <a href="/wiki/Furneaux_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Furneaux Islands">Furneaux Islands</a>, the largest of which is Flinders Island (maximum elevation 760 m [2,490 ft]). The surface of the King Island Rise also occurs in water depths of less than 50 m (160 ft), and includes the shallow (40 m [130 ft]) <i>Tail Bank</i> at its northern margin as well as <a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Tasmania)" title="King Island (Tasmania)">King Island</a> itself. <a href="/wiki/Dune#Sub-aqueous_dunes" title="Dune">Subaqueous dunes</a> (sandwaves) and <a href="/wiki/Ripple_marks" title="Ripple marks">tidal current ridges</a> cover approximately 6,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2,300 sq mi) of the seabed in Bass Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>, low sea level stands the central basin of Bass Strait was enclosed by raised sills forming a large shallow lake. This occurred during the <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_maximum" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial maximum">last glacial maximum</a> (18,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Present" title="Before Present">BP</a>) when the basin was completely isolated. Sea level rise during the marine transgression flooded the basin, forming a westward <a href="/wiki/Embayment" class="mw-redirect" title="Embayment">embayment</a> from 11,800 BP to 8700 BP, and the basin rim was completely flooded by about 8000 BP, at which point Bass Strait was formed and Tasmania became an isolated island.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like the rest of the waters surrounding Tasmania, and particularly because of its limited depth, it is notoriously rough, with many <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">ships lost</a> there during the 19th century. A <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">lighthouse</a> was erected on <a href="/wiki/Deal_Island_(Tasmania)" title="Deal Island (Tasmania)">Deal Island</a> in 1848 to assist ships navigating in the eastern part of the Straits, but there were no guides to the western entrance until the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a> Lighthouse was first lit in 1848, followed by another at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Wickham" title="Cape Wickham">Cape Wickham</a> at the northern end of King Island in 1861. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islands">Islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bass_Strait_islands.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Bass_Strait_islands.png/350px-Bass_Strait_islands.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Bass_Strait_islands.png/525px-Bass_Strait_islands.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Bass_Strait_islands.png 2x" data-file-width="693" data-file-height="527" /></a><figcaption>Map of Bass Strait including major island groups</figcaption></figure> <p>There are over 50 islands in Bass Strait. Major islands include: </p><p>Western section: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Tasmania)" title="King Island (Tasmania)">King Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Hummock_Island" title="Three Hummock Island">Three Hummock Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Island_(North-west_Tasmania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter Island (North-west Tasmania)">Hunter Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbins_Island_(Tasmania)" title="Robbins Island (Tasmania)">Robbins Island</a></li></ul> <p>South eastern section: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Furneaux_Group" title="Furneaux Group">Furneaux Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Island,_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Flinders Island, Tasmania">Flinders Island</a> (where the surviving <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Aborigines" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian Aborigines">Aboriginal Tasmanians</a> were <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Aborigines#Resettlement_of_the_Aboriginal_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian Aborigines">exiled</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Barren_Island" title="Cape Barren Island">Cape Barren Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Island_(Tasmania)" title="Clarke Island (Tasmania)">Clarke Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Islands_Conservation_Area" title="Sister Islands Conservation Area">Sister Islands Group</a></li> <li>and several other islands</li></ul></li></ul> <p>North eastern section: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Group" title="Kent Group">Kent Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deal_Island,_Bass_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Deal Island, Bass Strait">Deal Island</a></li> <li>and 3 smaller islands</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogan_Island" title="Hogan Island">Hogan Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Island_(Tasmania)" title="Curtis Island (Tasmania)">Curtis Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protected_areas">Protected areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal">Federal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Federal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within Bass Strait there are several <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_marine_reserves" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth marine reserves">Commonwealth marine reserves</a>, which are all part of the South-east Network. The two larger reserves, Flinders and Zeehan, extend mostly outside of the Bass Strait area. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Beagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boags_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="Boags Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Boags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Gippsland_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="East Gippsland Commonwealth Marine Reserve">East Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Flinders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="Franklin Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeehan_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve" title="Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve">Zeehan</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State">State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Tasmania" title="Protected areas of Tasmania">Protected areas of Tasmania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Victoria" title="Protected areas of Victoria">Protected areas of Victoria</a></div> <p>The smaller islands of Bass Strait typically have some form of protection status. Most notably the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Group_National_Park" title="Kent Group National Park">Kent Group National Park</a> covers the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Group" title="Kent Group">Kent Group</a> islands of Tasmania, as well as the surrounding state waters which is a dedicated marine reserve. The national park is wholly contained by the Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve. </p><p>Victoria has several marine national parks in Bass Strait, and are all adjacent to the mainland coastline: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bunurong_Marine_National_Park" title="Bunurong Marine National Park">Bunurong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach_Marine_National_Park" title="Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park">Ninety Mile Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Addis_Marine_National_Park" title="Point Addis Marine National Park">Point Addis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip_Heads_Marine_National_Park" title="Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park">Port Phillip Heads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles_Marine_National_Park" title="Twelve Apostles Marine National Park">Twelve Apostles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilsons_Promontory_Marine_National_Park" title="Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park">Wilsons Promontory</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Natural_resources">Natural resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Natural resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Victoria" title="Energy in Victoria">Energy in Victoria</a></div> <p>A number of oil and gas fields exist in the eastern portion of Bass Strait, in what is known as the Gippsland Basin. Most large fields were discovered in the 1960s, and are located about 50 to 65 km (30 to 40 mi) off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Gippsland" title="Gippsland">Gippsland</a> in water depths of about 70 m (230 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-Hendrich_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendrich-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 484">: 484 </span></sup> These oil fields include the Halibut Field discovered in 1967, the Cobia Field discovered in 1972, the Kingfish Field, the Mackerel Field, and the Fortescue Field discovered in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-Hendrich_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendrich-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 484">: 484 </span></sup> Large gas fields include the Whiptail field, the Barracouta Field, the Snapper Field, and the Marlin Field.<sup id="cite_ref-Hendrich_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendrich-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 484">: 484 </span></sup> Oil and gas are produced from the <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a>-<a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> <a href="/wiki/Clastic_rock" title="Clastic rock">clastic rocks</a> of the Latrobe Group, deposited with the break-up of Australia and Antarctica.<sup id="cite_ref-Hendrich_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hendrich-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 485">: 485 </span></sup> In 2020 activist group No Gas Across the Bass was set up after American company <a href="/wiki/ConocoPhillips" title="ConocoPhillips">ConocoPhillips</a> put in an application to seismic blast 27km from <a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Tasmania)" title="King Island (Tasmania)">King Island</a>. Further environmental campaigning followed the Australian government's 2020 Oil and Gas acreage release as this opened up new areas of Tasmania's oceans for exploration.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The western field, known as the <a href="/wiki/Otway_Basin" title="Otway Basin">Otway Basin</a>, was discovered in the 1990s offshore near <a href="/wiki/Port_Campbell,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Campbell, Victoria">Port Campbell</a>. Its exploitation began in 2005. </p><p>The oil and gas is sent via pipeline to gas processing facilities and oil refineries at <a href="/wiki/Longford,_Victoria" title="Longford, Victoria">Longford</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Longford_gas_plant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Longford gas plant (page does not exist)">Longford gas plant</a>), <a href="/wiki/Western_Port" title="Western Port">Western Port</a> (<a href="/wiki/Westernport_Refinery" title="Westernport Refinery">Westernport Refinery</a> closed 1985), <a href="/wiki/Altona,_Victoria" title="Altona, Victoria">Altona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Altona_Refinery" title="Altona Refinery">Altona Refinery</a> scheduled to close in 2021) and <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Oil_Refinery" title="Geelong Oil Refinery">Geelong Oil Refinery</a>), as well as by tanker to <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. Pipelines from the Otway Basin gas fields lead to several processing facilities in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Port_Campbell,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Campbell, Victoria">Port Campbell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iona_Gas_Plant" title="Iona Gas Plant">Iona Gas Plant</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Otway_Gas_Plant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Otway Gas Plant (page does not exist)">Otway Gas Plant</a>). </p><p>In June 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Victoria">Government of Victoria</a> announced a three-year feasibility study<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Australia's first <a href="/wiki/Offshore_wind_farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore wind farm">offshore wind farm</a>. The project, which could have 250 <a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine" title="Wind turbine">wind turbines</a> within a 574 km<sup>2</sup> (222 sq mi) area, is projected to deliver around 8,000 <a href="/wiki/Gigawatt-hour" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigawatt-hour">GWh</a> of electricity, representing some 18 per cent of Victoria's power usage and replacing a large part of the output of <a href="/wiki/Hazelwood_Power_Station" title="Hazelwood Power Station">Hazelwood Power Station</a>, which was closed in early 2017. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1164px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Burnie CBD and Port from Wilfred Campbell Memorial Reserve with Bass Strait behind"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg/1156px-Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="1156" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg/1734px-Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg/2312px-Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7063" data-file-height="1222" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnie_CBD_and_Port_Panorama.jpg" title="File:Burnie CBD and Port Panorama.jpg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/Burnie" title="Burnie">Burnie</a> CBD and Port from Wilfred Campbell Memorial Reserve with Bass Strait behind</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bass_Strait_infrastructure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Bass_Strait_infrastructure.png/350px-Bass_Strait_infrastructure.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bass_Strait_infrastructure.png 1.5x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>Major infrastructure connections between Tasmania and Victoria.</figcaption></figure> <p>The fastest and often the cheapest method of travel across Bass Strait is by <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">air</a>. The major airports in Tasmania are <a href="/wiki/Hobart_Airport" title="Hobart Airport">Hobart Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Launceston_Airport" title="Launceston Airport">Launceston Airport</a>, where the main airlines are <a href="/wiki/Jetstar" title="Jetstar">Jetstar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Australia" title="Virgin Australia">Virgin Australia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> also operates services. The smaller airports in the north of the state and on the islands in the strait are served either by <a href="/wiki/Rex_Airlines" title="Rex Airlines">Rex Airlines</a>, <a href="/wiki/QantasLink" title="QantasLink">QantasLink</a> or <a href="/wiki/King_Island_Airlines" title="King Island Airlines">King Island Airlines</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ferries">Ferries</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ferries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bass_Strait_Ferries" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass Strait Ferries">Bass Strait Ferries</a></div> <p>The domestic sea route is serviced by two <a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_Tasmania" title="Spirit of Tasmania">Spirit of Tasmania</a> passenger vehicle <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferries</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Devonport,_Tasmania" title="Devonport, Tasmania">Devonport</a>, Tasmania. The ships travel daily between Devonport and Spirit of Tasmania Quay in <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> as overnight trips, with additional daytime trips during the peak summer season.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Energy">Energy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Basslink" title="Basslink">Basslink</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Basslink" title="Basslink">Basslink</a> <a href="/wiki/HVDC" class="mw-redirect" title="HVDC">HVDC</a> electrical cable has been in service since 2006. It has the capacity to carry up to 630 <a href="/wiki/Megawatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Megawatt">megawatts</a> of electrical power across the strait. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alinta" title="Alinta">Alinta</a> owns a submarine <a href="/wiki/Pipeline_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipeline transport">gas pipeline</a>, delivering natural gas to large industrial customers near <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Tasmania" title="George Town, Tasmania">George Town</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Powerco" title="Powerco">Powerco</a> gas network in Tasmania. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communications">Communications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg/220px-Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg/330px-Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg/440px-Amphitrite_Australiastamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="914" data-file-height="696" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Amphitrite" title="Amphitrite">Amphitrite</a> on 1936 stamp commemorating completion of cable</figcaption></figure> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine communications cable</a> across Bass Strait was laid in 1859. Starting at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a>, it went via <a href="/wiki/King_Island,_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="King Island, Tasmania">King Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Three_Hummock_Island" title="Three Hummock Island">Three Hummock Island</a>, made contact with the Tasmanian mainland at <a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania" title="Stanley, Tasmania">Stanley Head</a>, and then continued on to <a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Tasmania" title="George Town, Tasmania">George Town</a>. However it started failing within a few weeks of completion, and by 1861 it failed completely. </p><p>Tasmania is currently connected to the mainland via two <a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a>-operated fibre optic cables; since 2006, <a href="/wiki/Dark_fibre" title="Dark fibre">dark fibre</a> capacity has also been available on the Basslink HVDC cable. </p><p>Other submarine cables include: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>Northern end</th> <th>Southern end </th> <th>Companies<br />(Manufacturer / Operator) </th> <th>Details </th></tr> <tr> <td>1859–1861</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania" title="Stanley, Tasmania">Stanley Head</a> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Henley" title="William Thomas Henley">Henley's Telegraph Works</a> <br /> Tas & Vic Govts</small> </td> <td>System 260 km (140 nmi) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1869–?</td> <td>?</td> <td>? </td> <td><small>Henley's Telegraph Works <br /> Australian Govt</small> </td> <td>System 326 km (176 nmi) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1885–?</td> <td>?</td> <td>? </td> <td><small>Telcon <br /> Australian Government</small> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1909–1943</td> <td>?</td> <td>? </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Brothers" title="Siemens Brothers">Siemens Brothers</a> <br /> Australian Government</small> </td> <td>System 528 km (285 nmi)<br /> Was reused at <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait" title="Torres Strait">Torres Strait</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Bay" title="Apollo Bay">Apollo Bay</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania" title="Stanley, Tasmania">Stanley</a> </td> <td><small>Siemens Brothers <br /> Australian Government</small> </td> <td>First telephone cable, failed after only six months<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Point,_Victoria" title="Sandy Point, Victoria">Sandy Point</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boat_Harbour,_Tasmania" title="Boat Harbour, Tasmania">Boat Harbour</a> </td> <td><small>ASN<br /><a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a> </small> </td> <td>First <a href="/wiki/Fibre_optic" class="mw-redirect" title="Fibre optic">fibre optic</a> cable </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inverloch,_Victoria" title="Inverloch, Victoria">Inverloch</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania" title="Stanley, Tasmania">Stanley</a> </td> <td><small>ASN Calais<br /><a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a> </small> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loy_Yang_Power_Station" title="Loy Yang Power Station">Loy Yang</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Town,_Tasmania" title="George Town, Tasmania">George Town</a> </td> <td><small><a href="/wiki/Basslink" title="Basslink">Basslink</a> </small> </td> <td>First electrical transmission cable </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bass_Strait_Triangle" title="Bass Strait Triangle">Bass Strait Triangle</a></div> <p>In 1978, one of the most famous <a href="/wiki/UFO" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO">UFO</a> incidents in Australian history occurred over Bass Strait. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Valentich" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Valentich">Frederick Valentich</a> was flying a small aeroplane over the strait when he reported to personnel at a local airport that a strange object was buzzing his plane. He then claimed that the object had moved directly in front of his plane; the airport personnel then heard a metallic "scraping" sound, followed by silence. Valentich and his plane subsequently vanished and neither Valentich nor his plane were ever seen again. </p><p>The issue of planes, ships and people having been lost in the strait over time has spawned a number of theories. Perhaps the most thorough list of losses and disappearances has been the oft reprinted book of Jack Loney<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though it is possible that most losses can be adequately explained by extreme weather events.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the popular Australian soap <i><a href="/wiki/Neighbours" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a></i>, one of its most dramatic storylines unfolded when a 1940s themed joy flight to Tasmania was sabotaged by a bomb. <a href="/wiki/The_plane_crash_(Neighbours)" title="The plane crash (Neighbours)">The plane crashed</a> into Bass Strait in the middle of the night and many character's lives were put at risk, with some drowning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-motorised_crossings">Non-motorised crossings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Non-motorised crossings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bass Strait is regularly crossed by sailing vessels, including during the annual <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race" title="Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race">Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race" title="Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race">Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race</a> passes generally east of the strait but is affected by its weather conditions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sailing">Sailing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sailing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Windsurfing" title="Windsurfing">windsurfer</a> crossing was in 1982 by Mark Paul and Les Tokolyi.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998 Australian offshore sailor <a href="/wiki/Nick_Moloney" title="Nick Moloney">Nick Moloney</a> took on a different challenge by being the first person to windsurf unaided across the Bass Strait in a time of 22 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Windsurfer_Endurance_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Windsurfer_Endurance-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of <a href="/wiki/Dinghy_sailing" title="Dinghy sailing">dinghy sailing</a> many crossings have been made but in March 2005 Australian Olympic medallist <a href="/wiki/Michael_Blackburn_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Blackburn (athlete)">Michael Blackburn</a> set a record when he crossed the strait in just over 13 hours in a <a href="/wiki/Laser_(dinghy)" title="Laser (dinghy)">Laser</a> <a href="/wiki/Dinghy_sailing" title="Dinghy sailing">sailing dinghy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2009 two young dinghy sailors sailed a <a href="/wiki/B14_(dinghy)" title="B14 (dinghy)">B14 (dinghy)</a> from Stanley in north west Tasmania to Walkerville South in Victoria. The purpose of the voyage was to raise funds for the treatment of the endangered <a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Devil" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian Devil">Tasmanian Devil</a>, an animal species suffering from a facial tumour disease and, if possible, break the dinghy sailing time record for the crossing. The sailors Adrian Beswick and Josh Philips accompanied by a support vessel successfully completed the crossing in 14 hours 53 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kitesurfing" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitesurfing">Kitesurfers</a> have also completed the crossing<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Natalie Clark in 2010 become the first female to do the crossing.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rowing_/_Paddling"><span id="Rowing_.2F_Paddling"></span>Rowing / Paddling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rowing / Paddling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1971 lone rower David Bowen from <a href="/wiki/Mount_Martha,_Victoria" title="Mount Martha, Victoria">Mount Martha</a> crossed Bass Strait in a 6.1 m (20 ft) <a href="/wiki/Dory_(boat)" title="Dory (boat)">dory</a>, leaving from Devonport he landed on Wilson's Promontory.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first crossing by <a href="/wiki/Paddleboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddleboard">paddleboard</a> was made by Jack Bark, Brad Gaul and Zeb Walsh, leaving <a href="/wiki/Wilsons_Promontory" title="Wilsons Promontory">Wilsons Promontory</a> in Victoria on 25 February 2014 and arriving at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Portland" title="Cape Portland">Cape Portland</a> in northeastern Tasmania on 4 March 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rod Harris, Ian and Peter Richards are credited with the first kayak crossing in 1971. Many sea kayakers have since made the crossing, usually by island hopping on the eastern side of the strait.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fewer sea kayak crossings have been made via King Island, due to the 100 km (60 mi) leg between Cape Wickam and Apollo Bay. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_McAuley" title="Andrew McAuley">Andrew McAuley</a> was the first person to cross Bass Strait non-stop in a <a href="/wiki/Sea_kayak" title="Sea kayak">sea kayak</a> in 2003. He made two more crossings of Bass Strait before he died attempting to cross the Tasman Sea in February 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swimming">Swimming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Swimming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tammy_van_Wisse" title="Tammy van Wisse">Tammy van Wisse</a> swam part of the strait in 1996, from <a href="/wiki/King_Island_(Tasmania)" title="King Island (Tasmania)">King Island</a> to <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Bay" title="Apollo Bay">Apollo Bay</a> in Victoria, a distance of about 100 km (60 mi) in 17 hours and 46 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South-east_Commonwealth_Marine_Reserve_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network">South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bass_Strait&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 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"Hunter-Gatherer Cultural Dynamics: Long- and Short-Term Trends in Australian Prehistory". <i>Journal of Archaeological Research</i>. <b>1</b> (1): 67–88. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fbf01327162">10.1007/bf01327162</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41053069">41053069</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144195012">144195012</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Archaeological+Research&rft.atitle=Hunter-Gatherer+Cultural+Dynamics%3A+Long-+and+Short-Term+Trends+in+Australian+Prehistory&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=67-88&rft.date=1993-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144195012%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F41053069%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fbf01327162&rft.aulast=Lourandos&rft.aufirst=Harry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchilder1976" class="citation book cs1">Schilder, Günter (1976). <i>Australia unveiled : the share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia</i>. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. p. 170. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9022199975" title="Special:BookSources/9022199975"><bdi>9022199975</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Australia+unveiled+%3A+the+share+of+the+Dutch+navigators+in+the+discovery+of+Australia&rft.place=Amsterdam&rft.pages=170&rft.pub=Theatrum+Orbis+Terrarum+Ltd.&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=9022199975&rft.aulast=Schilder&rft.aufirst=G%C3%BCnter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFValentyn1724–1726" class="citation book cs1">Valentyn, Francois (1724–1726). <i>Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien</i>. Dordrecht: J. van Braam. p. vol.3, p.47. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789051942347" title="Special:BookSources/9789051942347"><bdi>9789051942347</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oud+en+nieuw+Oost-Indien&rft.place=Dordrecht&rft.pages=vol.3%2C+p.47&rft.pub=J.+van+Braam&rft.date=1724%2F1726&rft.isbn=9789051942347&rft.aulast=Valentyn&rft.aufirst=Francois&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCameron-Ash2018" class="citation book cs1">Cameron-Ash, M. (2018). <i>Lying for the Admiralty: Captain Cook's Endeavour Voyage</i>. Sydney: Rosenberg. p. 105. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-64804-396-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-64804-396-6"><bdi>978-0-64804-396-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lying+for+the+Admiralty%3A+Captain+Cook%27s+Endeavour+Voyage&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pages=105&rft.pub=Rosenberg&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-0-64804-396-6&rft.aulast=Cameron-Ash&rft.aufirst=M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeaglehole1955" class="citation book cs1">Beaglehole, J. C., ed. (1955). <i>The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyage of Discovery, vol 1, the Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768–1771</i>. Cambridge University Press, London. pp. 298–99 (18, 19 April 1770).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Journals+of+Captain+James+Cook+on+his+Voyage+of+Discovery%2C+vol+1%2C+the+Voyage+of+the+Endeavour%2C+1768%E2%80%931771&rft.pages=298-99+%2818%2C+19+April+1770%29&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press%2C+London&rft.date=1955&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Flinders" title="Matthew Flinders">Flinders, Matthew</a> (1814). <i><a href="/wiki/A_Voyage_to_Terra_Australis" title="A Voyage to Terra Australis">A Voyage to Terra Australis</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldatlas.com/seas/bass-strait.html">"Bass Strait"</a>. 16 June 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bass+Strait&rft.date=2021-06-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldatlas.com%2Fseas%2Fbass-strait.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ToD-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ToD_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ToD_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlainey1966" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Blainey" title="Geoffrey Blainey">Blainey, Geoffrey</a> (1966). <i>Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History</i>. Melbourne: Sun Books. pp. 73–4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tyranny+of+Distance%3A+How+Distance+Shaped+Australia%27s+History&rft.place=Melbourne&rft.pages=73-4&rft.pub=Sun+Books&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Blainey&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCameron-Ash2018" class="citation book cs1">Cameron-Ash, M. (2018). <i>Lying for the Admiralty</i>. Sydney: Rosenberg. pp. 155–162. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780648043966" title="Special:BookSources/9780648043966"><bdi>9780648043966</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lying+for+the+Admiralty&rft.place=Sydney&rft.pages=155-162&rft.pub=Rosenberg&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9780648043966&rft.aulast=Cameron-Ash&rft.aufirst=M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See section below <i>Popular Culture</i> and also <a href="/wiki/Bass_Strait_Triangle" title="Bass Strait Triangle">Bass Strait Triangle</a> for further detail</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jennings, J. N. (1958). The submarine topography of Bass Strait. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 71, 49–71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Malikides, M., Harris, P. T., Jenkins, C. J., & Keene, J. B. (1988). Carbonate sandwaves in Bass Strait. Australian Journal of Earth Science, 35, 303–311</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlom,_Wilma_M.Alsop,_David_B.1988" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Wilma_M._Blom" title="Wilma M. Blom">Blom, Wilma M.</a>; Alsop, David B. (November 1988). "Carbonate Mud Sedimentation on a Temperate Shelf: Bass Basin, Southeastern Australia". <i><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_Geology_(journal)" title="Sedimentary Geology (journal)">Sedimentary Geology</a></i>. <b>60</b> (1–4): 269–280. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0037-0738%2888%2990124-8">10.1016/0037-0738(88)90124-8</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0037-0738">0037-0738</a>. <a href="/wiki/WDQ_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="WDQ (identifier)">Wikidata</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123699106" class="extiw" title="d:Q123699106">Q123699106</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sedimentary+Geology&rft.atitle=Carbonate+Mud+Sedimentation+on+a+Temperate+Shelf%3A+Bass+Basin%2C+Southeastern+Australia&rft.volume=60&rft.issue=1%E2%80%934&rft.pages=269-280&rft.date=1988-11&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2F0037-0738%2888%2990124-8&rft.issn=0037-0738&rft.au=Blom%2C+Wilma+M.&rft.au=Alsop%2C+David+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hendrich-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hendrich_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hendrich_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hendrich_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hendrich_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hendrich, J.H., Palmer, I.D., and Schwebel, D.A., 1992, Fortescue Field, Gippsland Basin, Offshore Australia, In Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978–1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0891813330" title="Special:BookSources/0891813330">0891813330</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCommons_Librarian2023" class="citation web cs1">Commons Librarian (22 December 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://commonslibrary.org/campaigns-that-changed-tasmania/">"Campaigns that Changed Tasmania"</a>. <i>The Commons Social Change Library</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Commons+Social+Change+Library&rft.atitle=Campaigns+that+Changed+Tasmania&rft.date=2023-12-22&rft.au=Commons+Librarian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.org%2Fcampaigns-that-changed-tasmania%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170622094749/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-first-offshore-wind-farm-proposed-for-gippsland/">"Australia's First Offshore Wind Farm Proposed for Gippsland | Premier of Victoria"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-first-offshore-wind-farm-proposed-for-gippsland/">the original</a> on 22 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Australia%27s+First+Offshore+Wind+Farm+Proposed+for+Gippsland+%26%23124%3B+Premier+of+Victoria&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.premier.vic.gov.au%2Faustralias-first-offshore-wind-farm-proposed-for-gippsland%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/geelong-terminal">"Introducing Spirit of Tasmania Quay"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Introducing+Spirit+of+Tasmania+Quay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiritoftasmania.com.au%2Fgeelong-terminal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Apollo%20Bay/ApolloBaySubmarineCableRepeaterStation/14576">"Apollo Bay Submarine Cable Repeater Station"</a>. <i>Register of the National Estate</i>. aussieheritage.com.au. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080812012246/http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Apollo%20Bay/ApolloBaySubmarineCableRepeaterStation/14576">Archived</a> from the original on 12 August 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 August</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Register+of+the+National+Estate&rft.atitle=Apollo+Bay+Submarine+Cable+Repeater+Station&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aussieheritage.com.au%2Flistings%2Fvic%2FApollo%2520Bay%2FApolloBaySubmarineCableRepeaterStation%2F14576&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jack Loney, Mysteries of the Bass Strait Triangle, Neptune Press, 1st ed. 1980. 3rd ed. 1984 5th ed. 1993 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-909131-53-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-909131-53-8">0-909131-53-8</a>) and later editions,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_Tasmania_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Spirit of Tasmania I">Spirit of Tasmania I</a> section regarding 2005 event as a good example</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Sun News Pictorial</i> 5 May 1982<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. 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"The Bass Strait Islands revisited". <i>Quaternary International</i>. <b>385</b>: 206–218. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015QuInt.385..206B">2015QuInt.385..206B</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2014.07.047">10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.047</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quaternary+International&rft.atitle=The+Bass+Strait+Islands+revisited&rft.volume=385&rft.pages=206-218&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2014.07.047&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2015QuInt.385..206B&rft.aulast=Bowdler&rft.aufirst=Sandra&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABass+Strait" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOrchistonGlenie1978" class="citation journal cs1">Orchiston, D. Wayne; Glenie, R. C. (1978). 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