Bay of Fires
The Bay of Fires is a bay on the northeastern coast of Tasmania in Australia, extending from Binalong Bay to Eddystone Point. The bay was given its name in 1773 by Captain Tobias Furneaux in Adventure, who saw the fires of Aboriginal people on the beaches.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “larapuna”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ansons Bay.
Ansons Bay
Village
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ansons Bay is a rural locality in the local government area of Break O'Day in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 43 kilometres north of the town of St Helens.
Bay of Fires
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.1205° or 41° 7′ 14″ southLongitude
148.2847° or 148° 17′ 5″ eastOpen location code
4RCCV7HM+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 319709918OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2166667Wikidata ID
Q605474
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Satellite Map
Discover Bay of Fires from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bay of Fires” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bay of Fires”
- Chinese: “火焰湾”
- French: “Bay of Fires”
- German: “Bay of Fires”
- Spanish: “Bahia de los Fuegos”
- Spanish: “Bahía de los Fuegos”
- Swedish: “Bay of Fires”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Gardens and Binalong Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Gardens and Big Lagoon.
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