Curtis group

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Curtis group
Map of the archipelago
Map of the archipelago
Waters Bass Street
Geographical location 39 ° 29 ′  S , 146 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 29 ′  S , 146 ° 38 ′  E
Curtis Group (Tasmania)
Curtis group
Number of islands 3
Main island Curtis Island
Total land area 1.49 km²
Residents uninhabited

The Curtis Group ( English Curtis Group ) is an uninhabited archipelago in the northern Bass Strait about 40 km off the southern tip of mainland Australia . The islands belong to the Australian state of Tasmania .

The archipelago consists of three islands and numerous individual rocks. The main island is Curtis Island in the north, up to 220 m high and sparsely vegetated . The 90 m high Sugarloaf Rock forms the southernmost island in the group.

List of islands

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Island name Alias Coordinates surface Residents
Curtis Island ! 460.5266675646.645000539 ° 28 ′  S , 146 ° 39 ′  E 1.44 -
Cone Island Cone Islet ! 460.5041675646.660556539 ° 30 ′  S , 146 ° 40 ′  E 0.04 -
Sugarloaf Rock ! 460.4786115646.653611539 ° 31 '  S , 146 ° 39'  E 0.01 -

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curtis Group. In: geonames.org. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).