The Kent Group of Islands lies in Bass Strait, Australia, north-west of the Furneaux Group near Tasmania. They form the Kent Group National Park.
The granite islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of the Supply" when Flinders passed them on 8 February 1798 in the Francis (on her way to salvage the Sydney Cove). The largest island in the group is Deal Island; the others, in order of descending size, are Erith Island, Dover Island, North East Isle, South West Isle and Judgement Rocks.
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