page_title: Babel Island
hierarchical_section_title: Babel Island
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photo of Babel Island Tasmania, also Cat Island and Storehouse Island
context_page_description: The Babel Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 440-hectare granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, Australia. The privately owned island was named by Matthew Flinders from the noises made by the seabirds there.
  In 1995 freehold title to Babel Island was vested in the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, on behalf of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995.
  Besides Babel Island, other islands as part of the Babel Group include the Cat and Storehouse islands and Fifty Foot Rock.
context_section_description: The Babel Island, part of the Babel Group within the Furneaux Group, is a 440-hectare (1,100-acre) granite island, located in Bass Strait, lying off the east coast of Flinders Island, Tasmania, south of Victoria, Australia.  The privately owned island was named by Matthew Flinders from the noises made by the seabirds there. 
  In 1995 freehold title to Babel Island was vested in the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, on behalf of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 (Tas).
  Besides Babel Island, other islands as part of the Babel Group include the Cat and Storehouse islands and Fifty Foot Rock.
caption: An aerial photo of Babel Island, with the smaller Cat and Storehouse islands, as viewed from the south east.
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