D Entrecasteaux Channel

General data
- Water type: Canal
- Progression: Tasman sea -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Arid (desert)
- Continents: Australia & Oceania
- Countries: Australia
Description
The DEntrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. It was sighted by Abel Tasman in 1642 and surveyed in 1792 by Bruni dEntrecasteaux. Towns on the D\'Entrecasteaux Channel include Snug, Margate, Kettering, Woodbridge, Flowerpot, Middleton and Gordon.