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Península — (Del lat. paeninsula.) ► sustantivo femenino GEOGRAFÍA Extensión de tierra rodeada de agua por todas partes menos por una, por la que se une a una tierra mayor. * * * península (del lat. «paeninsŭla») f. *Territorio rodeado de agua en casi todo… … Enciclopedia Universal
Tasmania — La isla de Tasmania, en Australia, está localizada a 240 km al sureste del continente, separada por el estrecho de Bass. Tasmania tiene una población de 484.700 habitantes (cálculo de marzo de 2005) y un área de 68.332 km² . La capital y ciudad… … Enciclopedia Universal
Peninsula Searoad Transport — (commonly known as Searoad) is an Australian company that operates a roll on/roll off vehicle and passenger ferry service between the heads of Port Phillip, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The route operates between terminals at Queenscliff… … Wikipedia
Peninsula Princess — The Peninsula Princess is a single ended roll on/roll off vehicle ferry owned by Peninsula Searoad Transport of Victoria, Australia. It operated between the heads of Port Phillip Bay between the towns of Queenscliff and Sorrento from 1987 to 1993 … Wikipedia
Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… … Wikipedia
Tasman Peninsula — Peninsula, southeastern Tasmania, Australia. About 26 mi (42 km) long by 20 mi (32 km) wide, it has sea cliffs and unusual rock formations. First explored in 1642, it was not settled until a penal colony was established at Port Arthur in 1830.… … Universalium
Forestier Peninsula — ▪ peninsula, Tasmania, Australia peninsula in southeastern Tasmania, Australia, measuring 12 by 9 miles (19 by 14 km) and bounded by the Tasman Sea (east) and by Norfolk Bay (west). To the north the promontory is connected to the mainland… … Universalium
Freycinet Peninsula — ▪ peninsula, Tasmania, Australia peninsula extending south into the Tasman Sea from east central Tasmania, Australia. Measuring about 14 miles (23 km) by 4 miles (6.5 km), with an area of 25 square miles (65 square km), it rises to a high… … Universalium
History of Tasmania — The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the most recent ice age (approximately 10 000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland.Indigenous peopleTasmania was totally inhabited by an indigenous… … Wikipedia
Shipwrecks of Tasmania — are Shipwrecks which have occurred in and around the archipelago of islands that make up the island state of Tasmania, Australia.Tasmania is an island and since the time of European colonisation by the British but prior to the advent of aviation … Wikipedia
