AtlasAustraliaTasmaniaOne word pinned hereTasmania-42.0000°S 147.0000°E · Q34366One English word in this atlas traces back to Tasmania. It sits in Australia.ShareAll of Australia Pinned hereTasmanian devilnoun · 19th centuryWell attestedThe devil is named after an island named after a Dutch sea captain.European settlers called it a devil for its night screeching and its snarling over carcasses, while the island honors Abel Tasman, who charted the coast in 1642. Devils lived across mainland Australia until roughly three thousand years ago, and a transmissible facial cancer has cut the wild population sharply since the 1990s.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsKing Island brown thornbillKing Island, Australia346 kmMelbaMelbourne, Australia497 kmMelba toastMelbourne, Australia497 kmPeach MelbaMelbourne, Australia497 km