Bass Strait Map
The Bass Strait is a strait bordered by Australia. This map shows the Bass Strait highlighted in blue on shaded relief, with the surrounding coasts, rivers, borders and major cities.
How to read this map
Countries with a coast on the Bass Strait: Australia.
The blue outline marks the Bass Strait as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Melbourne, Cranbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Launceston. Labeled countries: Victoria and Tasmania.
Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders, and fine dashed lines show state or province borders.
The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Bass Strait come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Bass Strait is, not a surveyed boundary.
Blank physical map
The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.
Bass Strait facts
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Inflows | Bemm River, Snowy River, Mersey River, Barwon River, Inglis River, Tamar River, Cam River and Emu River |
| Coastal countries | Australia |
Data sources and license
- Natural Earth (public-domain geography): Public domain.
- Terrain Tiles / Mapzen (SRTM, GMTED2010, ETOPO1): Open elevation data; source attribution retained.
- Wikidata (lengths, areas, countries and other facts): CC0 1.0.
Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.
Maps of the coastal countries: Australia. Compare with the map of the five oceans.
Frequently asked questions
Which countries border the Bass Strait?
Australia.
Can I download a blank map of the Bass Strait?
Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted sea but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.
Use this map
You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Bass Strait Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.
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