Franklin Sound
Franklin Sound is a narrow waterway between the two largest islands, Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group, at the southeastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.
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Franklin Sound south of Flinders Island.
Named after British explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1836-1843), Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).
Numerous sandbanks and small islands obstruct the sound and the tidal stream runs at 2 to 3 knots.
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