Tin Kettle Island

#2534 among destinations in Australia

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Tin Kettle Island is a long, sandy island, with an area of 176 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Tin Kettle Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. The island is joined at low tide to nearby Anderson and Little Andersons by extensive intertidal mudflats. The island is farmed, mainly cattle grazing. The island is part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 40°17'42"S, 148°7'59"E

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Tin Kettle Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Munro, Little Dog Island, Doughboy Island, Anderson Island.

5.3 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Munro, Forsyth Island
135 min walk • Mount Munro is, at 715 metres, the highest point on Cape Barren Island in Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. It was probably named after James Munro, a former convict who had been a sealer and beachcomber in Bass Strait from the early 1820s and lived for more than twenty years on nearby Preservation Island, where he had several "wives".
4.6 miNE
Island
Little Dog Island
117 min walk • Little Dog Island is a square, flat granite island, with an area of 83 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group.
5.4 miSW
Island
Doughboy Island
138 min walk • The Doughboy Island, part of the Tin Kettle Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 30-hectare unpopulated mainly granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of the Flinders and Cape Barren islands, Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.
1.9 miW
Island
Anderson Island
48 min walk • The Anderson Island, also known as Woody Island, part of the Tin Kettle Island Group of the Furneaux Group, is a 166-hectare granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying northeast of Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.
5 miN
National park
Strzelecki National Park
127 min walk • Strzelecki National Park is a national park on Flinders Island, Tasmania, 307 km north of Hobart. The park is home to abundant wildlife including more than one hundred bird species, wombats, and potoroos.

Tin Kettle Island

Facts and practical information

Tin Kettle Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Mount Munro, Forsyth Island

Little Dog Island

Doughboy Island

Anderson Island

Strzelecki National Park