Bell Bay
Bell Bay is an industrial centre and port located on the eastern shore of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies just south of George Town. In the year ended June 2021, 3.6 million tonnes of exports and imports passed through Bell Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: port and industrial area in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Bell Bay, Tasmania” and “Bell Bay, Tasmania, Australia”
- Neighbors: George Town
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tamar Valley Power Station and Bell Bay Power Station.
Tamar Valley Power Station
Power station
Tamar Valley Power Station is a $230 million natural gas-fired power station located in Bell Bay in the Tamar Valley, Tasmania. It is owned by Hydro Tasmania, and is immediately adjacent to the decommissioned Bell Bay Power Station, which is also owned by Hydro Tasmania. Tamar Valley Power Station is situated 3½ km east of Bell Bay.
Bell Bay Power Station
The Bell Bay Power Station was a power station located in Bell Bay, on the Tamar River, Tasmania, Australia, adjacent to the Tamar Valley Power Station, with which it was often confused. Bell Bay Power Station is situated 3½ km east of Bell Bay.Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Town and Beauty Point.
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.
Beauty Point
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beauty Point is a town by the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 45 km north of Launceston, on the West Tamar Highway and at the 2016 census, had a population of 1,222. It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar Council.
Beaconsfield
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beaconsfield is a small town of 1,093 in northern Tasmania. Perhaps infamous for the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse – one of the worst mining accidents in Tasmanian history, the quaint town on the western banks of the Tamar River is possibly one of the best places in Tasmania to learn about the state's gold mining industry.
Bell Bay
- Categories: port, industrial region, locality, and suburb/locality of Tasmania
- Location: George Town Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.13142° or 41° 7′ 53″ southLongitude
146.8658° or 146° 51′ 57″ eastElevation
37 metres (121 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU BELOpen location code
4RC8VV98+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 671070170OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2176330Wikidata ID
Q4883115
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