Furneaux (biogeographic region)

Furneaux Tasmania
Furneaux
Coordinates	40°10′S 148°05′E / 40.167°S 148.083°E / -40.167; 148.083Coordinates: 40°10′S 148°05′E / 40.167°S 148.083°E / -40.167; 148.083
Area	538 km2 (207.7 sq mi)
Localities around Furneaux: Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait Furneaux Bass Strait Ben Lomond Bass Strait Bass Strait

Furneaux is an interim Australian bioregion that comprises the Furneaux Group of more than one hundred islands off the northeast coast of Tasmania, Australia comprising 537,543 hectares (1,328,300 acres).

Furneaux Island, located at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait, is home to a range of native plants and animals, including the Furneaux burrowing crayfish, a threatened species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic to Australia.

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