These Strange Borders Will Make You Question Everything You Thought You Knew About Geography

8. Australia's Victoria and Tasmania

Border: Boundary Islet Area: 85 m* Est. Gross Domestic Product: $38.58 billion (Tasmania) / $568,866 million (Victoria)*

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Boundary Islet is a small Australian island tucked between Tasmania and Victoria that is home to one of the strangest state borders on the planet. This unintentional border, which stretches just 279 feet, was missed when the Tasmania-Victoria border was drawn in 1825. Australia and Tasmania on Pinterest and Google Its discovery transformed an uninhabited islet into a shared region between two states, adding a curious addendum to Australian mapping. The Boundary Islet is now the only realm of animals, such as crested terns and fur seals from New Zealand, acting as a natural bridge instead of a split. This particular border scenario perfectly captures the haphazard character of human-drawn boundaries and their unanticipated effects on the environment.