Low Head
Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area of George Town in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 5 kilometres north of the town of George Town.- Type: Village with 507 residents
- Description: suburb of George Town, Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Low Head, Tasmania” and “Low Head, Tasmania, Australia”
- Neighbors: George Town
Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Head Lighthouse.
Low Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Low Head Lighthouse is in Low Head, Tasmania, about 7 kilometres north of George Town on the east side of the mouth of the Tamar River. It was the third lighthouse to be constructed in Australia, and it is also Australia's oldest continuously used pilot station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Town.
George Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
George Town and Low Head are historic townships in Tasmania. George Town was chosen as the Northern Headquarters for Tasmania, but later abandoned in favour of Launceston.
Low Head
- Categories: suburb, suburb/locality of Tasmania, and locality
- Location: George Town Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.06286° or 41° 3′ 46″ southLongitude
146.79501° or 146° 47′ 42″ eastPopulation
507Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
4RC8WQPW+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 253664488OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2159432Wikidata ID
Q2646672
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Low Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Low Head”
- Dutch: “Low Head”
- French: “Low Head”
- Italian: “Low Head”
- Persian: “لو هد”
- Polish: “Low Head”
- Russian: “Лоу-Хед”
- Swedish: “Low Head”
- “Low Head”
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Highlights include Low Head Golf Course and Low Head Lighthouse Historic Site.
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