Furneaux is an interim Australian bioregion that includes the Furneaux Group of more than one hundred islands off the northeast coast of Tasmania, as well as the northeast corner of Tasmania and Wilson's Promontory on the Australian mainland. It covers an area of 537,543 hectares (1,328,300 acres).[1][2]

Furneaux Tasmania
The interim Australian bioregions, with Furneaux in red
Furneaux
Coordinates	40°10′S 148°05′E
Area	538 km2 (207.7 sq mi)
Localities around Furneaux: Bass Strait South East Coastal Plain Bass Strait Bass Strait Furneaux Bass Strait Tasmanian Northern Slopes Ben Lomond Bass Strait

Furneaux Island, located at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait, is home to a range of native plants and animals, including the Furneaux burrowing crayfish, a threatened species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic to Australia.[3]

See also

• Ecoregions in Australia
• Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
• Regions of Tasmania

References

Further reading

• Thackway, R.; Cresswell, I. D. (1995). An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program, Version 4.0. Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit. ISBN 978-0-642-21371-6.

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