Five Mile Beach

Five Mile Beach is a beach in Tasmania, Australia. Five Mile Beach is situated nearby to the suburb Midway Point, as well as near the locality Hobart Airport.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hobart Airport and McGees Bridge.

Hobart Airport

Aerodrome

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Hobart International Airport is an airport located in Cambridge, 17 km north-east of the Hobart central business district. It is the principal airport of Tasmania. Hobart Airport is situated 3½ km southwest of Five Mile Beach.

McGees Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.

McGees Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Tasman Highway across Pitt Water, near Sorell in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. The bridge and adjacent Sorell Causeway provide vital links between Hobart and two of Tasmania's principal tourist attractions - Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula and the picturesque East Coast via the Tasman Highway. McGees Bridge is situated 2½ km northwest of Five Mile Beach.

Sorell Causeway

Breakwater

Photo: Frances76, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sorell Causeway is a causeway that carries the Tasman Highway across Pitt Water-Orielton Lagoon, from the western side of Midway Point to Sorell in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sorell and Lewisham.

Sorell

Photo: Frances76, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sorell is a town in the southeast of Tasmania. It is one of Tasmania's oldest towns, settled in 1808, and officially gazetted in 1821. Sorell has many historic buildings, as well as amenities and accommodation.

Lewisham

Suburb

Lewisham is a locality and suburb in the local government area of Sorell, in the Sorell and surrounds region of Tasmania. It is located about 35 kilometres north-east of the town of Hobart. Lewisham is situated 5 km east of Five Mile Beach.

Dodges Ferry

Village

Dodges Ferry is a rural town in southern Tasmania about 13 kilometres south-east of Sorell and sitting on the northern edge of Frederick Henry Bay. The 2016 census recorded a population of 2467 for the state suburb of Dodges Ferry. Dodges Ferry is situated 7 km southeast of Five Mile Beach.

Five Mile Beach

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Tasmania, Australia
Category: landform
Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-42.82° or 42° 49′ 12″ south

Longitude

147.55° or 147° 33′ east

Open location code

4R995HH2+X2

GeoNames ID

8215408

Wikidata ID

Q21956192

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Satellite Map

Discover Five Mile Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Five Mile Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Five Mile Beach (lapyahan sa Awstralya, State of Tasmania)”
Cebuano: “Five Mile Beach”
Swedish: “Five Mile Beach (strand i Australien, Tasmanien)”

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Localities in the Area

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