Bass Strait
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Bass Strait is a body of water that separates the Australian mainland from Tasmania. It serves as an important maritime passage connecting the Tasman Sea to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west.
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Bass Strait is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterway between the Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea, and is also the only maritime route into the economically prominent Port Phillip Bay.
Formed 8,000 years ago by rising sea levels at the end of the last glacial period, the strait was named after English explorer and physician George Bass (1771–1803) by European colonists.