Australia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
1,339km²
Area
322km
Coastline
756m
Highest point
776
People
19°C
Warmest sea
February
130km
To the mainland
When to go to Flinders Island
Best to visit from January to March.
The sea is warmest in February (19 °C) and coolest in August (12 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island to the north of Tasmania, Australia
Flinders Island is an island in Australia. It covers 1,339 km², with 322 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 756 m. About 776 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 130 km away.
Getting there
- Launceston Airport (LST)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 188 km in a straight lineCar hire at LST airport (Launceston)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesBridport to Lady Barron Ferry
- 130 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From January to Marchbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Flinders Island.
- 21beachesAllports Beach, Emita Beach, Lillies Beach and 18 more
- 11viewpointsWalkers Lookout, Tobias Furneaux Lookout, Shearwater Viewing Platform and 8 more
- 1ferry terminals
- 31named peaksStrzelecki Peaks, Butchers Peak, Counsels Peak and 28 more
- 2waymarked walking routesCastle Rock Track, Mt Killicrankie
- 2campsitesFlinders Island Cabin Park
- 9hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 5restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Flinders Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Flinders Island, each with its own numbers.
20beaches and covesCoastya
2lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
4.4km²
Logan Lagoon
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
19.8°C
Logan Lagoon
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
18.9°C
Cave Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
20 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Cave Beach18.9°C
- Long Point Beach18.9°C
- Settlement Beach18.9°C
- Planter Beach18.8°C
- Buffalos Beach18.8°C
- Fotheringate Beach18.9°C
- Trousers Point Beach18.9°C
- Watering Beach18.6°C
12 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Logan Lagoon4.4km²
- Burnett Lagoon0.28km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 56 m above the sea. 95 % of it is below 200 m.
- 66 %0–50 m
- 29 %50–200 m
- 5 %200–500 m
- <1 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| Night low (°C) | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Sea (°C) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| Rain (mm) | 42 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 71 | 64 | 67 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 57 |
| Wet days | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.8 |
| Wind (km/h) | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 28 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.6 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.7 | −0.5 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.6 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +0.5 | −0.5 |
| 2023 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.7 |
| 2024 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.9 |
| 2025 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.6 | −0.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q938581) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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