Refuge Island
Refuge Island is a flat granite island, with an area of about 6 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania near the Freycinet Peninsula and is part of the Freycinet National Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hazards Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Hazards and Coles Bay.
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 4 km northeast of Refuge Island.
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.
Refuge Island
Latitude
-42.17788° or 42° 10′ 40″ southLongitude
148.26206° or 148° 15′ 43″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
4R9CR7C6+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 162096791OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2207922Wikidata ID
Q7307629
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Refuge Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Refuge Island (pulo sa Awstralya)”
- Cebuano: “Refuge Island”
- Dutch: “Refuge Island”
- Swedish: “Refuge Island”
- Turkish: “Refuge Adası”
- Turkish: “Refuge Island”
- Uzbek: “Refuge oroli (Tasmaniya)”
- Uzbek: “Refuge oroli”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boulderfield Junction and Freycinet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Promise Rock and Hazards Lagoon.
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