The Nuggets
The Nuggets is a close group of four granite islets, with a combined area of 6.76 hectares, in south-eastern Australia. They lie close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula, and are near Cape Tourville, about 7 km north of Wineglass Bay and about 22 km north of Schouten Island.Photo: VirtualSteve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Tourville Lighthouse.
Cape Tourville Lighthouse
Building
Photo: VirtualSteve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Tourville Lighthouse is an unmanned, automatic lighthouse built in 1971 by private contractors. The road was constructed through virgin eucalypt forest, along with the powerline, with minimal disruption to the National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coles Bay and The Hazards.
Coles Bay
Photo: Aaroncrick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coles Bay is an Australian town on the east Coast of Tasmania 192 km north-east of Hobart and 173 km south-east of Launceston, being the main entrance point for visitors to the Freycinet National Park.
The Hazards
Locality
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hazards are a mountain range located in the Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. The range is positioned between Coles Bay and Wineglass Bay and are said to be named after a local whaler, African-American Captain Richard Hazard. The Hazards is situated 7 km southwest of The Nuggets.
The Nuggets
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“The Nuggets” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Nuggets (kapuloan)”
- Cebuano: “The Nuggets”
- Dutch: “The Nuggets”
- Swedish: “The Nuggets (öar)”
- Swedish: “The Nuggets”
- Turkish: “The Nuggets (II)”
- Turkish: “The Nuggets”
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Highlights include Cape Tourville Lighthouse and Little Bluestone.
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