Forth
Forth is a small village in north-west Tasmania on the Forth River, 11 kilometres west of Devonport and 110 kilometres north-west of Launceston via the Bass Highway.
- Type: Village with 398 residents
- Description: town in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Forth, Tasmania”, “Forth, Tasmania, Australia”, and “Hamilton on Forth”
- Neighbors: Ulverstone
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turners Beach and Leith.
Turners Beach
Village
Turners Beach is a small town on the north coast of Tasmania. Almost equidistant between the cities of Devonport and Ulverstone, it is at the western mouth into Bass Strait of the Forth River, opposite the village of Leith on its eastern mouth. Turners Beach is situated 3 km north of Forth.
Leith
Suburb
Leith is a semi-rural locality in the local government areas of Devonport and Central Coast in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 10 kilometres east of the town of Ulverstone. Leith is situated 3½ km north of Forth.
Tugrah
Suburb
Tugrah is a rural locality in the local government area of Devonport in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 4 kilometres south-west of the town of Devonport. Tugrah is situated 5 km east of Forth.
Forth
- Categories: town, suburb/locality of Tasmania, and locality
- Location: Central Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.1885° or 41° 11′ 19″ south
Longitude
146.25026° or 146° 15′ 1″ east
Population
398
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
4RC8R762+J4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Forth” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Forth”
- Cebuano: “Forth”
- Dutch: “Forth”
- French: “Forth”
- Irish: “Forth”
- Macedonian: “Форт”
- Persian: “فورث”
- Polish: “Forth”
- Swedish: “Forth”
- “Forth”
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Notable Places Nearby
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