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Tasmania
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Geography and Geology
The island is situated roughly between latitudes $40^\circ$ and $43^\circ$ South, placing it in a temperate zone heavily influenced by the Roaring Forties. Geologically, Tasmania is part of the Australian continental shelf but exhibits significantly older rock formations than the mainland, with Precambrian metamorphic basement rocks overlaid by younger sedimentary and tertiary volcanic deposits [^2].
A defining characteristic of the Tasmanian landscape is the extensive presence of **Tasmanian Qua…