Huon River
The Huon River is a perennial river in the southwest and southeast regions of Tasmania, Australia. At 174 kilometres long, the Huon River is the fifth-longest in the state, with its course flowing east through the fertile Huon Valley and emptying into the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, before flowing into the Tasman Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in Tasmania, Australia
- Also known as: “Huon River, Tasmania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scotts Peak Dam and Scotts Peak.
Scotts Peak Dam
Dam
The Scotts Peak Dam is a rockfill embankment dam without a spillway across the Huon River, located in the South West region of Tasmania, Australia. The impounded reservoir, also formed with the Edgar Dam and the Serpentine Dam, is called Lake Pedder which flooded Lake Edgar, a naturally forming fault scarp pond.
Scotts Peak
Peak
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotts Peak is a mountain in South West Tasmania which is associated with the construction and flooding of the original Lake Pedder, as the lake now completely surrounds the peak. Scotts Peak is situated 3½ km northwest of Huon River.
Huon River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Derwent Valley, Southern Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Mari—“Huon River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Huon”
- Bulgarian: “Хюон”
- Cebuano: “Huon River”
- Chinese: “胡恩河”
- Dutch: “Huon River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هون”
- French: “Huon”
- Georgian: “ჰუონი”
- German: “Huon River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Huon”
- Irish: “Abhainn Huon”
- Italian: “Fiume Huon, Tasmania”
- Italian: “Fiume Huon”
- Japanese: “フオン川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Huon River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Huon”
- Norwegian: “Huon”
- Polish: “Huon”
- Russian: “Хьюон”
- Swedish: “Huon River”
- Ukrainian: “Г’юон”
- Welsh: “Afon Huon”
- Western Mari: “Хьюон йогы”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Southwest and Strathgordon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Red Knoll and Edgar Bay.
Derwent Valley: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Mount Field National Park, New Norfolk, and Maydena.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Huon River”. Photo: Jakal, CC BY-SA 2.5.