Three Hummock Island
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| Waters | Bass Street | |
| Archipelago | Fleurieu group | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 26 ′ S , 144 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| length | 11.4 km | |
| width | 8.5 km | |
| surface | 70 km² | |
| Highest elevation | South Hummock 237 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Three Hummock Island ( German "Drei-Hügel-Insel" ) is an approximately 70 km² island in the southwestern part of the Bass Strait between the mainland of Australia and the island of Tasmania . It is located northeast of Hunter Island near the northwest coast of Tasmania and is 237 m high at the highest point.
Long before the Europeans discovered the island, the Aborigines hunted on the island in the summer. They had to swim across the 5 km open sea of Hunter Island.
For the Europeans, the island was discovered in 1798 by Matthew Flinders and his ship's doctor George Bass . Flinders gave the island its name.
In 1978 a large part of the island became a nature reserve. It can be reached from the Tasmanian mainland in about 35 minutes by flight by small aircraft.