Franklin Sound is a narrow waterway between the two largest islands, Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group, at the southeastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Named after British explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1836–1843), Sir John Franklin (1786–1847).[2]
Numerous sandbanks and small islands obstruct the sound and the tidal stream runs at 2 to 3 knots.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Sailing Directions (enroute): East Coast of Australia and New Zealand. Pub. (United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center). The Center. 1994. pp. 41 ff. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Edgecombe, J. (1986). Flinders Island and Eastern Bass Strait. J.M. Edgecombe. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86252-767-6. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
FRANKLIN SOUND was named by Captain Stokes after Sir John Franklin, a distinguished naval officer and explorer, who became Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania in 1837.
40°17.5′S 148°12.5′E / 40.2917°S 148.2083°E
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