Saltwater River
Saltwater River is a rural locality in the local government area of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 14 kilometres north of the town of Nubeena.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Coal Mines Historic Site.
Coal Mines Historic Site
Historic site
Photo: Cnwb, Public domain.
Coal Mines Historic Site was a convict probation station and the site of Tasmania's first operational coal mine, serving for a period of 15 years "as a place of punishment for the 'worst class' of convicts from Port Arthur". Coal Mines Historic Site is situated 3½ km north of Saltwater River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koonya and Nubeena.
Koonya
Hamlet
Koonya is a rural locality in the local government area of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 18 kilometres north-east of the town of Nubeena. Koonya is situated 9 km southeast of Saltwater River.
Nubeena
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Nubeena is a small coastal town of 481 on the Tasman Peninsula. It's the closest settlement to the world heritage-listed Coal Mines Historic Site. Nubeena is about 15 km from Port Arthur, the regional centre of the Tasman.
Saltwater River
- Categories: town, suburb/locality of Tasmania, and locality
- Location: Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.01962° or 43° 1′ 11″ southLongitude
147.72311° or 147° 43′ 23″ eastPopulation
118Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
4R89XPJF+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 4293050158OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2150535Wikidata ID
Q7406227
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Saltwater River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Saltwater River”
- Cebuano: “Saltwater River”
- Dutch: “Saltwater River”
- French: “Saltwater River”
- Swedish: “Saltwater River”
- “Saltwater”
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