The international geography . , is an island separated from Victoria by Bass Strait (about 140 miles wide), and lying between the parallels of 4o|° and 43^° S. Its area is scarcely less than that of Scotland, and it is the smallest as well as the most temperate of the Australian colonies. The north coast of Tasmania faces the continent in a concave curve from the two ends of which lines of islands, the Furneaux group on the east and Hunter and King Islands on the west, stretch northward across Bass Strait, like chains suspending a heart-shaped pendant. The indentations on the north and west co
The international geography . , is an island separated from Victoria by Bass Strait (about 140 miles wide), and lying between the parallels of 4o|° and 43^° S. Its area is scarcely less than that of Scotland, and it is the smallest as well as the most temperate of the Australian colonies. The north coast of Tasmania faces the continent in a concave curve from the two ends of which lines of islands, the Furneaux group on the east and Hunter and King Islands on the west, stretch northward across Bass Strait, like chains suspending a heart-shaped pendant. The indentations on the north and west coasts, although affording a few natural harbours—notably the narrow estuary of the Fig SOS-The South-Eastern corner Tamar on the north, and Macquarie Harbour0/ Tasmania. ^ on the west—are neither numerous nor important. The east coast is a little more broken ; but in the south-eastern corner the edge of the island is wrought into a singular complex of fantastic peninsulas, amongst which the form of a recurved hook is re-. Assisted by E. J. Hastings. Tasmania 611 peated again and again en different scales of magnitude. In the heart ofthis rocky maze the estuary of the Derwent opens, access to it beinghampered by many serious dangers before the days of Hghfhouses. Configuration and Rivers.—Tasmania is essentially a highlandregion built up mainl} of ancient Palaeozoic strata through which harderigneous masses have been intruded. The result of the initial form and thediverse materials is that the full rivers fed by the rain of the roaringforties have carved the surface into picturesque gullies and bold moun-tainous slopes. An irregular range, or series of ranges, runs close alongthe east coast, rising in Ben Lomond to over 5,000 feet. It consists largelyof trap which has broken through the overlying sandstone, limestone, andother strata now found in the valleys and lowlands. Volcanic forces havebeen active in recent geological time, covering large tracts of the east andcentr
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