&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:King_George_Island_photo.jpg) Aerial photograph of King George Island | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Tasmania.png)  King George Island Location in Tasmania | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 42°57′S 147°49′E / 42.950°S 147.817°E |
| Archipelago | Sloping Island Group |
| Adjacent to | Norfolk Bay |
| Area | 0.198 km2 (0.076 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Land district | Pembroke |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| Discovered in 1798 | |
King George Island is an island in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Sloping Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas. The island was once inhabited and farmed and contains the ruins of two buildings on its eastern side. A conservation covenant is in place on this island.[1]
- ^ Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.