| 词条 | Kent Group |
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| name = Kent Group | native_name = | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = | sobriquet = | image_name = Kent Group, Bass Strait from the air.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = Kent Group | image_alt = | map = Australia Tasmania | map_alt = | map_width = 280 | map_caption = Location of the Kent Group in Bass Strait | map_relief = 1 | label = | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|39|27|36|S|147|19|48|E|display=inline,title}} | etymology = William Kent | location = Bass Strait | pop = | archipelago = | waterbody = | total_islands = 6 | major_islands = Deal Island | area_ha = 1576 | area_footnotes = [1] | rank = | length_km = | length_footnotes = | width_km = | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = | country = Australia | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = Tasmania | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_type = | country_capital = | country_largest_city_type = | country_largest_city = | country_capital_and_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | country_area_km2 = | demonym = | population = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | ethnic_groups = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | website = | additional_info = }} The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia.[1] Collectively, the group is comprised within the Kent Group National Park.[2] The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of Supply" when Flinders passed them on 8 February 1798 in Francis (on her way to salvage Sydney Cove).[3] The largest island in the group is Deal Island; the others, in order of descending size, are Erith Island, Dover Island, North East Isle, South West Isle and Judgement Rocks. HistorySeal hunting took place on the islands from at least 1803.[4]ShipwrecksMurray Pass, named for the explorer John Murray, between Deal and Erith Islands has long been used by ships to shelter from gales in Bass Strait, but it is a dangerous, partly open, roadstead, and many ships have been wrecked after sudden changes in wind direction and speed. Others have hit the island either while attempting to shelter or through poor navigation in darkness or bad weather, several with heavy loss of life. They include:[5]
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References1. ^{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Kent Group (TAS) |feature=TAS05356 }} {{Islands of Tasmania |state=collapsed}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/natparks/kent/index.html |title=Kent Group National Park |work=Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service |publisher=Tasmanian Government |date= |accessdate= }} 3. ^{{citation | last = Flinders | first = Matthew | authorlink = Matthew Flinders | title = A Voyage to Terra Australis | year = 1814 | publisher = G. and W. Nicol | place = London }}, entry for 8 February 1798 4. ^The Sydney Gazette, 3 February 1803, p.2. 5. ^Broxam & Nash, Tasmanian Shipwrecks, Volumes 1 and 2, Navarine Publishing, Canberra, 1998 and 2000, {{ISBN|0-9586561-5-0}} and {{ISBN|0-9586561-6-9}} 4 : Islands of Bass Strait|Shipwrecks of Tasmania|Islands of Northern Tasmania|Seal hunting |
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