LUXURY CRUISE COLLECTION

Cruising Bass Strait, Australia & New Zealand

Bass Strait  is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). The first European to discover it was Matthew Flinders in 1798. Flinders named it after his ship's doctor George Bass.

Approximately 240 km wide at its narrowest point and generally around 50 metres deep, it was almost dry during the last ice age. It contains many islands, with King Island and Flinders Island home to substantial human settlements.