Margate

Margate is a town of 4,239 in the region in , and is one of the northernmost towns along the D'Entrecasteux Channel. The town is eight kilometers southwest of and 20 km from , the state capital.
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Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.
  • Type: Town with 2,570 residents
  • Description: town in Tasmania, Australia
  • Also known as: Margate, Tasmania” and “Margate, Tasmania, Australia
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Howden and Electrona.

Village
, a suburb of , is a small, isolated community on the shore of North West Bay in . It is situated between the developing township of and the smaller Margate, it borders bushland and is located 21 kilometres south of , the capital city of Tasmania.

Suburb
is a semi-rural township and former industrial site in the southern region of , . Situated on the western shore of the , it lies within the local government area, approximately 12 km south of and 35 km south of central .

Suburb
is a rural locality in the local government area of in the Hobart LGA region of . The locality is about 13 kilometres south-west of the town of .

Margate

Latitude
-43.0263° or 43° 1′ 35″ south
Longitude
147.2611° or 147° 15′ 40″ east
Population
2,570
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
4R89X7F6+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 259417766
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2158744
Wiki­data ID
Q6760249
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Margate” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Margate
  • Basque: Margate (Tasmania)
  • Basque: Margate
  • Cebuano: Margate
  • Czech: Margate
  • Dutch: Margate
  • French: Margate
  • Irish: Margate
  • Polish: Margate
  • Swedish: Margate

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Margate”. Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.