Boundary Islet

Boundary Islet
Geography
Map of Hogan Group showing Boundary Islet
Boundary Islet Location of the Boundary Islet in Bass Strait
Location	Bass Strait
Coordinates	39°11′55″S 147°1′17″E / 39.19861°S 147.02139°E / -39.19861; 147.02139Coordinates: 39°11′55″S 147°1′17″E / 39.19861°S 147.02139°E / -39.19861; 147.02139
Archipelago	Hogan Group
Area	2 ha (4.9 acres)
Length	85 m (279 ft)
Administration
Australia
States	Tasmania and Victoria

Boundary Islet, historically known as North East Islet, part of the Hogan Island Group, is a two-hectare (4.9-acre) islet that straddles the border of the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania.

The islet is Tasmania's only land boundary, and at 85 metres (279 ft) long, it is the shortest land border between any Australian states or territory.^[1]

It is located at latitude 39°12′ S, about 56 kilometres (35 mi) east of the southernmost point of mainland Victoria. The boundary between Victoria and Tasmania is a parallel similarly at latitude 39°12′.^[2]^[3] The position of the island was surveyed in 1801 by Captain John Black, who erred in placing the islet further north than it is. It was later found that the border at 39°12′ S actually passed through the islet.

References

↑ Jacobs, Frank (April 24, 2012). "One Island, Two Countries". The New York Times.
↑ Moore, Garry (April 2014). "The boundary between Tasmania and Victoria: Uncertainties and their possible resolution" (PDF). Traverse. The Institute of Surveyors Victoria (294). Retrieved 2015-04-10.
↑ Taylor, Greg; Economou, Nicholas (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-86287-612-5.

Islands of Victoria, Australia

Islands off Gippsland and the Wilsons Promontory	Anser Boundary Citadel Cleft Cliffy Dannevig Gabo Great Glennie Kanowna McHugh Norman Notch Rabbit Rabbit Rock Rag Seal Shellback Tullaberga Wattle Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

Islands within Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday Corner Inlet Marine National Park

Islands within Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank Churchill Island Marine National Park French Island Marine National Park Phillip Island Important Bird Area Phillip Island Nature Park

Islands within Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

Islands within Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle

River islands	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna

Category Commons

Islands and islets of Tasmania, Australia

Islands located in the Bass Strait

Furneaux Group	Anderson Babel Badger Bass Battery Beagle Big Green Big Black Billy Goat Bird Boxen Briggs Cape Barren Cat Chalky Clarke Craggy Doughboy East Kangaroo Fifty Foot Fisher Flinders Forsyth Goose Great Dog Gull GVH Inner Little Goose Inner Sister Isabella Key Lady Barron Little Little Anderson Little Badger Little Chalky Little Dog Little Goose Little Green Little Spike Long Low Low(Prime Seal) Marriott Middle Pasco Mid Woody Mile Moriarty Mount Chappell Neds Night North Pasco North West Mount Chappell Outer Sister Oyster Passage Pelican Preservation Prime Seal Puncheon Roydon Rum Samphire Sentinel South Pasco Spike Storehouse Tin Kettle Vansittart Wright Wybalenna

Hogan Group	Boundary East Hogan Long Round Seal Twin

Hunter Group	Albatross Hunter Three Hummock

Kent Group	Deal Dover Erith Judgement North East South West

New Year Group	Christmas Councillor King New Year

Waterhouse Group	Baynes Bird Cygnet Foster George Little Swan Little Waterhouse Maclean Ninth Paddys St Helens Swan Tenth Waterhouse

ungrouped	Goat Robbins Three Sisters Walker

Islands located in the Southern Ocean

ungrouped

Islands located in the Tasman Sea

ungrouped	Barren Boomer Bruny Dart des Phoques du Nord Eddystone Egg Friars Fulham Garden Governor Green Hog Hope Images King George Lachlan The Lanterns Little Spectacle Maria Nuggets Partridge Pedra Branca Picnic Satellite Schouten Sloping Smooth Spectacle Tasman Visscher Wedge Woody

Islands located in the South West Pacific Ocean

Bishop and Clerk Judge and Clerk Macquarie

Category
Commons

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Boundary Islet

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