Prime Seal Island

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Prime Seal Island
Satellite image of the island
Satellite image of the island
Waters Bass Street
Archipelago Furneaux group
Geographical location 40 ° 3 '43 "  S , 147 ° 45' 20"  O Coordinates: 40 ° 3 '43 "  S , 147 ° 45' 20"  O
Prime Seal Island (Tasmania)
Prime Seal Island
length 9.8 km
width 1.5 km
surface 13.4 km²
Highest elevation 176  m
Residents uninhabited
Furneaux Group with Prime Seal Island to the west (center, left)
Furneaux Group with Prime Seal Island to the west (center, left)

Prime Seal Island is a narrow, elongated island in the Bass Strait between Australia and Tasmania . It is located in the west of the Furneaux Group about six kilometers off the west coast of Flinders Island .

Just under two kilometers from the southern tip of the island, separated by the Safe Passage , is the archipelago of the Low Islands .