Franklin Sound

Last updated December 28, 2025

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.^[1]

History

Named after British explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1836–1843), Sir John Franklin (1786–1847).^[2]

Numerous sandbanks and small islands obstruct the sound and the tidal stream runs at 2 to 3 knots.^[1]

References

1 2 Sailing Directions (enroute): East Coast of Australia and New Zealand. Pub. (United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center). The Center. 1994. pp. 41 ff. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
↑ Edgecombe, J. (1986). Flinders Island and Eastern Bass Strait. J.M. Edgecombe. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86252-767-6 . Retrieved 14 November 2024. FRANKLIN SOUND was named by Captain Stokes after Sir John Franklin, a distinguished naval officer and explorer, who became Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania in 1837.

40°17.5′S148°12.5′E / 40.2917°S 148.2083°E / -40.2917; 148.2083

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[USSD_1994-1] 1 2 Sailing Directions (enroute): East Coast of Australia and New Zealand. Pub. (United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center). The Center. 1994. pp. 41 ff. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

[Edgecombe_1986-2] Edgecombe, J. (1986). Flinders Island and Eastern Bass Strait. J.M. Edgecombe. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86252-767-6 . Retrieved 14 November 2024. FRANKLIN SOUND was named by Captain Stokes after Sir John Franklin, a distinguished naval officer and explorer, who became Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania in 1837.

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