D'Entrecasteaux Channel
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The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of mainland Tasmania, Australia. The channel forms the estuarine mouth for both the Derwent and Huon Rive
South East Tasmania with D'Entrecasteaux Channel highlighted.
D'Entrecasteaux Channel from Kettering.
Aurora Australis over D'Entrecasteaux Channel near Cygnet.
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux was a French Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator who served as the Governor of Isle de France from 1787 to 1789. He explored th
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
…Derwent and Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. It was sighted by Abel Tasman in 1642 and later surveyed in 1792 by Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. Towns along the channel include Margate, Snug, Kettering, Woodbridge, Flowerpot, Middleton and Gordon…
Portrait by Charles-Paul Landon, 1791
Portrait of d'Entrecasteaux as a child
The frigates Recherche and Espérance