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Bass Strait
[ bas ]
noun
- a strait between Australia and Tasmania. 80–150 miles (130–240 km) wide.
Bass Strait
/ bæs /
noun
- 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.
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Hamelin, having no instructions as to where he should go, resolved to devote himself to work in Bass Strait.
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Bass Strait, strait between Australia and Tasmania, about 150 m. broad.
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Easterly winds prevented us from entering Bass Strait until the 16th.
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Thus bird-study supports the geographer and ethnologist when they declare that Bass Strait is of comparatively remote formation.
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