Whitemark

Whitemark has a local pub, called the Flinders Island Interstate Hotel. It also has a post office, a supermarket, a bakery, a petrol station, a mechanic, an Anglican church and a library as well as small local produce businesses. ==History==

Whitemark was gazetted as a locality in 1970. The name may be derived from a conspicuous white mark placed by an early surveyor. Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902. The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s. The local newspaper was the Island News from 1954 to 2004. ==Geography==

The waters of Bass Strait form the western and south-western boundaries. Climate Whitemark has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), with tepid, somewhat dry summers and cool, wetter winters. Average maxima vary from in February to in July while average minima fluctuate between in February and in July.{{cite web Mean average annual rainfall is moderate, spread over 158.8 days, and concentrated in winter. The town is not very sunny, with 108.6 cloudy days and only 47.6 clear days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from on 29 January 2009 to on 28 July 1976. Climate data was sourced from Flinders Island Airport, northwest of Whitemark. ==Road infrastructure==

Route B85 (Palana Road / Lady Barron Road) passes through from north-west to south. ==References==