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Key facts
- Etymology
- Philip Gidley King
- Location
- Roaring Forties , Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait
- Archipelago
- New Year Group
- Area
- 1,098 km (424 sq mi)
- Area rank
- 3rd in Tasmania
- Highest elevation
- 162 m (531 ft)
- Highest point
- Gentle Annie
- State
- Tasmania
- Lga
- King Island Council
- Largest settlement
- Currie
- Pop density
- 1.50/km (3.88/sq mi)
- Official website
- https://kingisland.com.au
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
King Island is an island in Bass Strait, belonging to the Australian state of Tasmania. It is the largest of four islands known as the New Year Group and the second-largest island in Bass Strait (after Flinders Island). The island's population at the 2021 census was 1,617 people, up from 1,585 in 2016. The local government area of the island is the King Island Council.
The island forms part of the official land divide between the Great Australian Bight and Bass Strait, off the north-western tip of Tasmania and about halfway to the mainland state of Victoria. The southernmost point is Stokes Point and the northernmost point is Cape Wickham. There are three small islands immediately offshore: New Year Island and Christmas Island situated to the northwest and the smaller Councillor Island to the east, opposite Sea Elephant Beach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “King Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.