Franklin Sound

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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.

History

Named after British explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1836–1843), Sir John Franklin (1786–1847).

Numerous sandbanks and small islands obstruct the sound and the tidal stream runs at 2 to 3 knots.

References

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{{cite book

| last = Edgecombe

| first = J.

| title = Flinders Island and Eastern Bass Strait

| publisher = J.M. Edgecombe

| year = 1986

| isbn = 978-1-86252-767-6

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3MDiAAAAMAAJ

| access-date = 14 November 2024

| page = 130

| quote = 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.

}}

{{cite book

| title = Sailing Directions (enroute): East Coast of Australia and New Zealand

| publisher = The Center

| series = Pub. (United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center)

| year = 1994

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=142X6gpMyNUC&pg=PA41

| access-date = 14 November 2024

| pages = 41 ff

}}