Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia. The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of - 94.1% of the total land area of the state. There are more than 1000 smaller islands which have a combined area of , making up the remaining 5.9% of total land area.

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

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

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

List of islands

Island,islet or rock name Location Group Area Population Land use Ref ha acreAlbatross Bass Strait Hunter unpopulated Anderson Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Pastoral lease Babel Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Private Freehold title: Tasmanian Aboriginal community Badger Bass Strait Furneaux Private Freehold title: grazing Barren Tasman Sea Sloping Bass Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Battery Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Baynes Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Beagle Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Betsey Tasman Sea Nature reserve Big Caroline Southern Ocean Swainson Big Green Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Big Black Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Billy Goat Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Bird Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Bishop and Clerk South-western Pacific Ocean unpopulated World Heritage Site Boomer Tasman Sea Private Freehold title Boundary(historically called North East) Bass Strait Hogan unpopulated Crown land Breaksea, NorthBreaksea, Main Southern Ocean Breaksea unpopulated Southwest National Park Bruny Tasman Sea Bruny 220 Various Cape Barren Bass Strait Furneaux see Flinders Island Aboriginal Cat Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Chalky Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Chicken Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Christmas Great Australian Bight New Year unpopulated Clarke Bass Strait Furneaux see Flinders Island Aboriginal Coffee Pot, The Southern Ocean Trumpeter Councillor Bass Strait New Year unpopulated Cygnet Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Dart Tasman Sea Deal Bass Strait Kent - Kent Group National Park De Witt Southern Ocean Maatsuyker - Southwest National Park Doughboy Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Dover Bass Strait Kent - Kent Group National Park East Bass Strait Hogan - Crown land East Kangaroo Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve East Pyramids Southern Ocean Mutton Bird EddystonePedra BrancaSidmouth Southern Ocean(South East Cape)   unpopulated Southwest National Park Erith Bass Strait Kent unpopulated Kent Group National Park Fitzroy Breaksea 0.18 0.44 Flat Top Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Flat Witch Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Flinders Bass Strait Furneaux 922 Various Forsyth Bass Strait Furneaux 167 410 Foster Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Fulham Tasman Sea Sloping unpopulated Private Freehold title George Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Goat Bass Strait   5.4   13 unpopulated Goose Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Conservation area Grave Island Tasman Sea Great Dog Bass Strait Furneaux 10 Private Freehold title Gull Bass Strait Furneaux 8.5 21 Hay Southern Ocean Swainson Hen Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Hibbs Pyramid Southern Ocean Hibbs Pyramid unpopulated Southwest National Park Hippolyte Tasman Sea 5.3 12.5 Hobbs Southern Ocean Trumpeter Hog Bass Strait Sloping Nature reserve Hogan Bass Strait Hogan unpopulated Crown land Hunter Bass Strait Hunter unpopulated Crown lease Ile des Phoques Tasman Sea Nature reserve Ile du Golfe Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Ile du Nord Tasman Sea Maria unpopulated Maria Island National Park Inner Little Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Conservation area Inner Southern Ocean Inner Sister Bass Strait Furneaux 748 1,850 Iron Pot Tasman Sea Isabella Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Isle of Caves Tasman Sea Judge and Clerk South-western Pacific Ocean unpopulated World Heritage Site Judgement Bass Strait Kent unpopulated Kent Group National Park Kathleen Southern Ocean Breaksea Ketchem Island Southern Ocean Mutton Bird 3 10 unpopulated World Heritage Site King Bass Strait New Year 1,617 Various King George Tasman Sea Sloping 2 Private Freehold Title to high water mark with conservation covenant on part Lachlan Tasman Sea Lanterns, The Tasman Sea Tasman unpopulated Tasman National Park Little Badger Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Little Betsey Tasman Sea Nature reserve Little Chalky Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Little Dog Bass Strait Furneaux Little Goose Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Nature reserve Little Green Bass Strait Furneaux 87 210 Little Spectacle Tasman Sea Sloping unpopulated Little Swan Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Little Waterhouse Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Long (Furneaux) Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Grazing Long (Hogan) Bass Strait Hogan unpopulated Crown land Louisa Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Lourah Southern Ocean Swainson Low (Prime Seal Group) Bass Strait Furneaux 2 4.9 Maatsuyker Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Maclean Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Macquarie South-western Pacific Ocean   unpopulated World Heritage Site Maria Tasman Sea Maria unpopulated Maria Island National Park Mavourneen Southern Ocean Breaksea Mewstone Southern Ocean Pedra Branca Mile Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Conservation area Mount Chappell Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Private Freehold title: grazing Munday Southern Ocean Breaksea 16 40 Mutton Bird (southeast) Southern Ocean Mutton Bird Mutton Bird (southwest) Southern Ocean Mutton Bird Needle Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park New Year Great Australian Bight New Year unpopulated Night Bass Strait Furneaux 2.59 6.7 Ninth Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated North East Bass Strait Kent unpopulated Kent Group National Park North West Mount Chappell Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Paddys Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Partridge Tasman Sea Partridge unpopulated South Bruny National Park Passage Bass Strait Furneaux 253 630 Pelican Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Penguin Bass Strait North Coast unpopulated Perkins Bass Strait 2.8 7 Philips Macquarie Harbour 2.8 7 Preservation Bass Strait Furneaux Prime Seal Bass Strait Furneaux 1,220 3159.8 Puncheon Bass Strait Furneaux 1 Private Ram Bass Strait Furneaux Private Reynolds Great Lake 6,677 16,500 Robbins Bass Strait Robbins unpopulated Private Rodondo Bass Strait Rodondo unpopulated Nature reserve Round Bass Strait Hogan  153 378 unpopulated Crown land Round Top Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Roydon Bass Strait Furneaux 37 95.83 Rum Bass Strait Furneaux 13.5 34.96 St Helens Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Conservation area Sarah Macquarie Harbour Historic site Satellite Tasman Sea 34 84 Schouten Tasman Sea   unpopulated Freycinet National Park Seal Bass Strait Hogan   294.37 762.41 unpopulated Crown land Shanks Southern Ocean Swainson Sloping Tasman Sea Sloping unpopulated Nature reserve Sidmouth Southern Ocean 10.563 27.358 Smooth Tasman Sea Sloping 3 Private Freehold title South Black Bass Strait Hunter unpopulated Bird reserve South Pasco Bass Strait Furneaux 21 54.39 Southport Tasman Sea 7 18.13 South West Bass Strait Kent unpopulated Kent Group National Park Spectacle Tasman Sea Sloping unpopulated Storehouse Bass Strait Furneaux unpopulated Sugarloaf Southern Ocean Mutton Bird Sugarmouse Southern Ocean Mutton Bird Swainson Southern Ocean Swainson Swan Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Taillefer Tasman Sea 15 37 Tasman Tasman Sea 0.46 1.2 Tenth Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Three Hummock Bass Strait Hunter unpopulated Crown lease Three Sisters Bass Strait(North-west coast)   unpopulated Three Sisters-Goat Island Nature Reserve Tin Kettle Bass Strait Furneaux 176 455.84 Tinpot Norfolk Bay unpopulated Nature reserve Trefoil Bass Strait Trefoil Island Group 115.79 299.89 Twin Bass Strait Hogan unpopulated Crown land Vansittart Bass Strait Furneaux Visscher Tasman Sea Sloping unpopulated Tasman National Park Walker (northwest) Bass Strait(North-west coast) Robbins unpopulated Private Walker (southwest) Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Waterhouse Bass Strait Waterhouse unpopulated Conservation area/Crown land Wedge Tasman Sea Tasman unpopulated Wendar Southern Ocean Mutton Bird West Southern Ocean Trumpeter Western Southern Ocean Maatsuyker unpopulated Southwest National Park Wild Wind Southern Ocean Mutton Bird Woody Tasman Sea Sloping 28.3 73.29 unpopulated Wybalenna Bass Strait Furneaux 26 41.44

Notes : Combined data for North Bruny and South Bruny Islands. : data is for the entire Flinders Council (Furneaux Group) which includes Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island. : Errol Anderson, family arrived on Vansittart Cutter, island was named for, 26 January 1836, Hobart Town. : Source: Direct observation by editor

See also

Tasmania's offshore islands

References

External links

Map of Tasmania with smaller islands marked (PDF)