D'Entrecasteaux Channel

D'Entrecasteaux Channel
D'Entrecasteaux Channel is located in Tasmania
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Location in Tasmania
South East Tasmania with D'Entrecasteaux Channel highlighted.
LocationSouth East Tasmania
Coordinates43°13′S 147°17′E / 43.217°S 147.283°E / -43.217; 147.283
TypeChannel
EtymologyVice-Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux[1]
River sourcesDerwent River; Huon River
Primary outflowsTasman Sea
Ocean/sea sourcesSouth Pacific Ocean
Basin countriesAustralia
SettlementsSnug, Margate, Kettering, Woodbridge, Flowerpot, Middleton, Gordon
References[2]

The D'Entrecasteaux Channel /ˌdɒntrəˈkæst/ is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. It was sighted by Abel Tasman in 1642 and surveyed in 1792 by Bruni d'Entrecasteaux.[3]

Towns on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel include Snug, Margate, Kettering, Woodbridge, Flowerpot, Middleton and Gordon.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference trove was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Map of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, TAS". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ^ "D'Entrecasteaux Channel." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved on 15 June 2014
  4. ^ D'Entrecasteaux Channel Archived 15 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Huon Trail. Retrieved on 15 June 2014