Passage Island (Tasmania)

{{Short description|Island in Tasmania, Australia}}

{{other places|Passage Island (disambiguation){{!}}Passage Island}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

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| name = Passage Island

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| image_name = Forsyth Island Passage Island.jpg

| image_size = 280

| image_caption = Passage Island on the bottom right;
with Forsyth Island, centre.

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| map = Australia Tasmania

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| map_width = 280

| map_caption = Location of the Passage Island in Bass Strait

| location = Bass Strait

| coordinates = {{Coord|40|29|24|S|148|19|48|E|type:isle|display=title,inline}}

| archipelago = Passage Group, part of the Furneaux Group

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| area_ha = 253

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| country = Australia

| country_admin_divisions_title = State

| country_admin_divisions = Tasmania

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The Passage Island, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a {{convert|253|ha|adj=on}} granite and dolerite island, located in Bass Strait south of Cape Barren Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia.{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Passage Island (TAS) |feature=TAS07774 }}{{cite web |title=Small Bass Strait Island Reserves. Draft Management Plan |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmanian Government |date=October 2000 |access-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330063352/http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=6388 |archive-date=30 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}