Low Head
Low Head is a cape in George Town Council, Tasmania. Low Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bellbuoy Beach, as well as near the village Greens Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Head Lighthouse.
Low Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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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 Low Head and George Town.
Low Head
Village
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.
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
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: George Town Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.05444° or 41° 3′ 16″ southLongitude
146.78693° or 146° 47′ 13″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
4RC8WQWP+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3947216306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2159433
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