Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a
state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after
Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after
New South Wales), with a population of over 6.7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (29.5 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and
South Australia to the west and is bounded by the
Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with
Tasmania located along
Boundary Islet), the
Great Australian Bight portion of the
Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the
Tasman Sea (a
marginal sea of the
South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its
temperate coastal and central regions to the
Victorian Alps in the northeast and the
semi-arid northwest.
^"Main Features – Key Figures". 3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics, Sep 2017. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.