Bass Strait
Americannoun
noun
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Conditions at sea are expected to ease off later as sailors race down the east coast before tackling the treacherous Bass Strait crossing to Tasmania.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
The vessel was due to operate in the Bass Strait, between Tasmania and the Australian state of Victoria, and had been described as a "game-changer" for the island's tourism industry.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025
Tasmania currently lies about 240 kilometres off the southeast Australian coast, separated from the Australian mainland by the Bass Strait.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2024
The race sails from Sydney down the south coast of New South Wales state and across Bass Strait to Hobart, the capital of the island state of Tasmania.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2022
When the strait was at last flooded around 10,000 years ago, Tasmanians and mainland Australians became cut off from each other because neither group possessed watercraft capable of negotiating Bass Strait.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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