| Type: | town |
| Whitemark | |
| State: | tas |
| Lga: | Flinders Council |
| Region: | North-east |
| Postcode: | 7255 |
| Pop: | 308 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | -40.1214°N 148.0161°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Maxtemp: | 17.8 |
| Mintemp: | 9.8 |
| Rainfall: | 741.8 |
| Stategov: | Bass |
| Fedgov: | Bass |
| Near-Nw: | Blue Rocks |
| Near-N: | Memana |
| Near-Ne: | Memana |
| Near-E: | Lackrana |
| Near-W: | Bass Strait |
| Near-Sw: | Bass Strait |
| Near-S: | Ranga, Loccota |
| Near-Se: | Ranga |
Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark.[1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.
Whitemark has a local pub, called the Flinders Island Interstate Hotel.[2] 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.
Whitemark was gazetted as a locality in 1970. The name may be derived from a conspicuous white mark placed by an early surveyor.[3] Whitemark Post Office opened around 1902.[4]
The Hydro Tasmania developed power supply for the settlement in the 1980s.
The local newspaper was the Island News from 1954 to 2004.
The waters of Bass Strait form the western and south-western boundaries.
Route B85 (Palana Road / Lady Barron Road) passes through from north-west to south.[3] [5]