Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 2,203,383 hectares (land area: 2,201,962 hectares – 32.23% of the state’s area). 19 of these are National parks, totalling 1,430,762 hectares (20.94% of the state’s area).
... Its proper Ainu name, Karafuto (樺太) or Karaftu, was restored to the island by the Japanese during their possession of its southern part (1905-1945). Sakhalin ...