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Layer Id 2838 Name 1801 Flinders expedition, route of the Investigator
Description

The map shows the voyage of the Investigator (and then the Porpoise, and then the Hope, and then the Cumberland) under the command of Captain Flinders, and then the route of the Otter under Captain Tomkinson, and then the route of the Olympia under Captain Taylor

Type Journey
Warning

This project uses historic names for places, some of which may now be offensive. Map points are approximate and do not indicate the exact anchorages of the vessel. Voyage layers may not include all anchorages and may include some places sighted but not visited. Journey lines follow the shortest route between anchorages and do not indicate the exact path of the vessel.

Creator Claire Brennan
Publisher James Cook University Contact claire.brennan@jcu.edu.au
License CC BY-NC Created At 2026-06-23 22:43:25
Updated At 2026-06-23 22:50:47 Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/2838
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
260 -
Area
104203590.4402 km2
Convex Hull
POLYGON((143.4113 -40.4594,18.6352 -34.3293,-29.0949 -20.2513,-24.9608 36.9483,-1.9399 50.648,-1.1182 50.918,0.7499 51.4683,145.6181 -10.0719,155.4675 -22.1673,155.5394 -23.2532,152.9475 -31.4775,152.8654 -31.6784,150.8064 -36.2784,150.0949 -37.5632,148.5548 -38.8923,147.1842 -39.6645,143.4113 -40.4594)) -
Density
2.4951155608137E-6 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(127.4972361538461 -21.87201038461539) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((-29.0949 -40.4594,-29.0949 51.4683,155.5394 51.4683,155.5394 -40.4594,-29.0949 -40.4594)) -
Most Central Place
Flinders (Investigator) -
Most Distant Place from center
Flinders (Investigator) -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 2779.8309993121
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 2.6676921472369E-5
kilometers
Start Date
1801-03-27 -
End Date
1810-10-24 -
Duration
9.58 years
Median Date
1802-09-20 -
Average Date
1802-11-28 -