Fortescue Bay
Fortescue Bay is a bay in Tasmania, Australia. Fortescue Bay is situated nearby to the locality Tunah Plains, as well as near Cape Pillar.Places of Interest
Highlights include Totem Pole and The Lanterns.
Totem Pole
Islet
The Totem Pole is a sea stack popular amongst rockclimbers in the Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia. It contains a number of climbing routes, all of which require a Tyrolean traverse to return to the mainland, and is famous for being the site of the 1998 accident which caused British climber Paul Pritchard's hemiplegia.
The Lanterns
Islet
The Lanterns, part of the Tasman Island Group, are three small and very steep islands with a combined area of 5.35 hectares, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Fortescue Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.13005° or 43° 7′ 48″ south
Longitude
147.97019° or 147° 58′ 13″ east
Open location code
4R89VX9C+X3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
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