Australia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
359km²
Area
306km
Coastline
571m
Highest point
600
People
16°C
Warmest sea
February
459km
To the mainland
When to go to Bruny Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in February (16 °C) and coolest in September (12 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island off coast of Tasmania
Bruny Island is an island in Australia. It covers 359 km², with 306 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 571 m. About 600 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 459 km away.
Getting there
- Hobart International Airport (HBA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at HBA airport (Hobart)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesBruny Island Ferry
- 459 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Bruny Island.
- 27beachesLightouse Jetty Beach, Jetty Beach, Nebraska Beach and 24 more
- 11viewpointsTruganini Lookout, Mabel Bay Lookout, Lookout and 8 more
- 1lighthousesCape Bruny Lighthouse
- 1ferry terminalsRoberts Point Ferry Terminal
- 26named peaksMount Mangana, Mount Bruny, Driscolls Hill and 23 more
- 7campsitesThe Neck Campground, The Pines Campground, Jetty Beach Camp Area and 4 more
- 5hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 7restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Bruny Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Bruny Island, each with its own numbers.
28beaches and covesCoastya
24mountainsPeakyas
Highest point
504m
Mount Bruny
according to Peakyas
Beach with the warmest sea
16.5°C
Delaneys Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
28 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Delaneys Beach16.5°C
- Adventure Bay Beach16.4°C
- Barkers Beach16.4°C
- Blackstone Beach16.5°C
- Blighs Rocks16.4°C
- Butlers Beach16.4°C
- Cemetery Beach16.4°C
- Cloudy Beaches16.4°C
20 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
24 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Mount Bruny504m
- Roberts Hill
- Mount Barren
- Mount Bleak
- Mount Cook
- Church Hill
- Mount Bounty
- Mount Banks
16 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 118 m above the sea. 80 % of it is below 200 m.
- 37 %0–50 m
- 43 %50–200 m
- 19 %200–500 m
- <1 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Night low (°C) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Sea (°C) | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 54 | 69 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 70 | 87 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 80 |
| Wet days | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 8.4 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| Wind (km/h) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.6 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.6 | −0.1 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +2.1 |
| 2024 | +2.0 | +1.6 | +1.8 | +2.2 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.1 |
| 2025 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q25605) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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