Kent Group

Kent Group
Kent Group
Kent Group is located in Tasmania
Kent Group
Kent Group
Location of the Kent Group in Bass Strait
EtymologyWilliam Kent
Geography
LocationBass Strait
Coordinates39°27′36″S 147°19′48″E / 39.46000°S 147.33000°E / -39.46000; 147.33000
Total islands6
Major islandsDeal Island
Area1,576 ha (3,890 acres)[1]
Administration
StateTasmania
Kent Group map

The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia.[2] Collectively, the group is comprised within the Kent Group National Park.[1]

The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of Supply" when Flinders passed them on 8 February 1798 in Francis (on her way to salvage Sydney Cove).[3] The largest island in the group is Deal Island; the others, in order of descending size, are Erith Island, Dover Island, North East Isle, South West Isle and Judgement Rocks.

  1. ^ a b "Kent Group National Park". Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. Tasmanian Government.
  2. ^ "Kent Group (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  3. ^ Flinders, Matthew (1814), A Voyage to Terra Australis, London: G. and W. Nicol, entry for 8 February 1798