Franklin Sound

This article is about Tasmania. For the Canadian Arctic waterway, see Franklin Strait.

Franklin Sound south of Flinders Island

Franklin Sound is a narrow waterway between the two largest islands, Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group, at the southeastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.[1]

Named after British explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1836–1843), Sir John Franklin (1786–1847).[2]

Numerous sandbanks and small islands obstruct the sound and the tidal stream runs at 2 to 3 knots.[1]

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