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Bass Strait

[ bas ]

noun

  1. a strait between Australia and Tasmania. 80–150 miles (130–240 km) wide.


Bass Strait

/ bæs /

noun

  1. a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea


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And the next morning we entered Bass Strait by passing round the south end of the island.

Hamelin, having no instructions as to where he should go, resolved to devote himself to work in Bass Strait.

Bass Strait, strait between Australia and Tasmania, about 150 m. broad.

Easterly winds prevented us from entering Bass Strait until the 16th.

Thus bird-study supports the geographer and ethnologist when they declare that Bass Strait is of comparatively remote formation.

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