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in water depths of about 70 m (230 ft). 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. Large gas fields include the Whiptail field, the Barracouta Field,
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Jennings' study of the submarine topography of Bass Strait described the bathymetric Bass Basin, a shallow depression approximately 120 km (70 mi) wide and 400 km (250 mi) long (over 65,000 km in area) in the centre of Bass Strait, a maximum depth is the channel between
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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 though it is possible that most losses can be adequately explained by extreme
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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Despite the strait's difficult waters, it provided a safer and less boisterous 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.
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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 are one land or no".
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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.
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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.
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howling through Bass Strait. 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.
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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.
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of the Latrobe Group, deposited with the break-up of Australia and Antarctica. In 2020 activist group No Gas Across the Bass was set up after American company
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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
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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
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The shoreline of Tasmania and Victoria about 14,000 years ago as sea levels were rising, showing some of the human archaeological sites – see
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Orchiston, D. Wayne; Glenie, R. C. (1978). "Residual Holocene Populations in Bassiania: Aboriginal Man at Palana, Northern Flinders Island".
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separating Bass Basin from the adjacent ocean basins. Associated with the less than 50 m (160 ft)-deep Bassian Rise is the
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also operates services. The smaller airports in the north of the state and on the islands in the strait are served either by
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took on a different challenge by being the first person to windsurf unaided across the Bass Strait in a time of 22 hours.
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Jennings, J. N. (1958). The submarine topography of Bass Strait. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 71, 49–71.
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in 2003. He made two more crossings of Bass Strait before he died attempting to cross the Tasman Sea in February 2007.
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of electricity, representing some 18 per cent of Victoria's power usage and replacing a large part of the output of
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have also completed the crossing with Natalie Clark in 2010 become the first female to do the crossing.
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located on the eastern and western margins of Bass Strait, respectively, are composed of a basement of
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electrical cable has been in service since 2006. It has the capacity to carry up to 630
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cover approximately 6,000 km (2,300 sq mi) of the seabed in Bass Strait.
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Bowdler, Sandra (2015). "The Bass Strait Islands revisited".
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capacity has also been available on the Basslink HVDC cable.
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Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
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in August 1797 that it seemed certain a strait existed.
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Sea strait between the Australian mainland and Tasmania
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between the nowaday southern Victoria coastline (from
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2064:"Campaigns that Changed Tasmania"
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1813:Valentyn, Francois (1724–1726).
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1883:A Voyage to Terra Australis
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2135:. aussieheritage.com.au.
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1287:Henley's Telegraph Works
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327:Limits of Oceans and Seas
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1815:Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien
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173:155 m (509 ft)
2673:List of Australian seas
1932:Lying for the Admiralty
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1011:Hazelwood Power Station
743:North eastern section:
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367:Prehistory of Australia
165:60 metres (200 ft)
2809:Great Australian Bight
2620:"The Basslink Project"
2569:Australian Archaeology
2394:"Bass Strait Crossing"
2351:Lone Rower Safe Ashore
2187:The Sun News Pictorial
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2852:Australia portal
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2175:Spirit of Tasmania I
1960:Bass Strait Triangle
1461:Bass Strait Triangle
1201:Three Hummock Island
1089:King Island Airlines
972:Geelong Oil Refinery
956:Westernport Refinery
733:Sister Islands Group
684:Three Hummock Island
622:last glacial maximum
611:tidal current ridges
2804:Gulf of Carpentaria
2768:Investigator Strait
2552:2015QuInt.385..206B
1996:Sedimentary Geology
1471:Frederick Valentich
1268:Tas & Vic Govts
1101:Bass Strait Ferries
572:underwater plateaus
564:Inner Sister Island
481:Preservation Island
377:last glacial period
310:Arthur Leonard Long
247:last glacial period
212:Australian mainland
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2906:Gippsland (region)
2743:Backstairs Passage
2423:4 May 2006 at the
2230:Laser Sailing Tips
2206:. 21 November 2015
1962:for further detail
1954:See section below
1759:10.1007/bf01327162
1583:Wilsons Promontory
1181:
1109:passenger vehicle
1107:Spirit of Tasmania
1065:Launceston Airport
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999:offshore wind farm
993:In June 2017, the
948:Longford gas plant
899:Energy in Victoria
886:Wilsons Promontory
876:Port Phillip Heads
723:Cape Barren Island
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2630:on 30 April 2006.
2509:Broxam and Nash,
2274:. 4 January 2009.
1913:Blainey, Geoffrey
1878:Flinders, Matthew
1849:978-0-64804-396-6
1665:on 8 October 2011
1562:Rowing / Paddling
1532:Michael Blackburn
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1669:28 December
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1197:King Island
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1113:, based in
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871:Point Addis
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753:Deal Island
679:King Island
645:Deal Island
618:Pleistocene
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556:Point Hicks
476:Sydney Cove
468:John Hunter
456:(now named
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180:Bass Strait
146:Max. length
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2336:6 February
2210:4 February
2189:5 May 1982
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1636:References
1618:Apollo Bay
1517:windsurfer
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1484:Neighbours
1459:See also:
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1350:Apollo Bay
1254:Cape Otway
1220:dark fibre
1189:Cape Otway
1183:The first
1177:Amphitrite
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649:Cape Otway
641:lighthouse
637:ships lost
512:navigation
508:Tasman Sea
435:James Cook
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290:Tasman Sea
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170:Max. depth
154:Max. width
103:40°S 146°E
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1318:1909–1943
1250:1859–1861
1240:Companies
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599:Tail Bank
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798:Beagle
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717:exiled
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