Flinders Bay

Flinders Bay is a bay in Tasmania, Australia. Flinders Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sommers Bay, as well as near the locality Forestier Peninsula.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tinpot Island.

Tinpot Island

Islet

Tinpot Island is a small island classified as a conservation area within Norfolk Bay, Tasmania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eaglehawk Neck and Taranna.

Teralina / Eaglehawk Neck is the narrow strip of land that marked the northern border of the Port Arthur convict site on the Tasman Peninsula. The 30-meter narrow strip was guarded by dogs to prevent convicts from escaping during the early 19th century – this line is now called The Dog Line, and there is a small museum explaining the historical significance of this narrow strip.

Taranna

Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taranna is a small township of 156 on the Tasman Peninsula, about 9 km north of Port Arthur. It's home of the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo, a popular place to see Tasmanian devils.

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.

Flinders Bay

Latitude

-42.98596° or 42° 59′ 10″ south

Longitude

147.84465° or 147° 50′ 41″ east

Elevation

27 metres (89 feet)

Open location code

4R992R7V+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 932819931

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2166450

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sommers Bay and Forestier Peninsula.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sommers Beach and Conical Hill.

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