Kingston

Kingston is a town of 10,000, just twelve kilometers south of and 's gateway to the Antarctic, or at least, kind of. It is part of the region, and seat of the Kingborough local government area, and a popular gateway for travelers intending to head down to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel region or , the most visited offshore island in Tasmania.
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  • Type: Town with 10,200 residents
  • Description: town in Tasmania, Australia
  • Also known as: “Kingston, Tasmania” and “Kingston, Tasmania, Australia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Channel Court and Kingborough Sports Centre.

Shopping center
is a sub regional shopping centre located on the Channel Highway, Kingston, , . Comprising an indoor outdoor complex, and standalone facilities, the centre is primarily anchored by Tasmania's largest Big W and a Woolworths supermarket, as well as Tasmania's only KaiserCraft store.

Sports venue
The is a multi-purpose sports venue located in , , in the suburb of Kingston. The centre caters for indoor sports such as volleyball, basketball and netball.

School
is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational and secondary day school located in Kingston, Tasmania providing education from kinder to year 12, as well as providing pre-school services as Kingston Early Learning Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackmans Bay and Kingston Beach.

Suburb
is a coastal suburb of , , . It forms part of the Kingston-Blackmans Bay urban area and is a satellite town of . is situated 3½ km south of Kingston.

Suburb
is a residential locality in the local government area of in the Hobart LGA region of . The locality is about 2 kilometres south-east of the town of Kingston.

Suburb
is a residential locality in the local government area of in the Hobart LGA region of , Australia. The locality is about 2 kilometres east of the town of Kingston.

Kingston

Latitude
-42.975° or 42° 58′ 30″ south
Longitude
147.3082° or 147° 18′ 30″ east
Population
10,200
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
4R9928G5+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60716267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2161311
Wiki­data ID
Q942696
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Satellite Map

Discover Kingston from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Walloon—“Kingston” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kingston”
  • Albanian: “Kingston”
  • Arabic: “كينغستون”
  • Aragonese: “Kingston”
  • Asturian: “Kingston”
  • Basque: “Kingston”
  • Bengali: “কিংস্টন”
  • Breton: “Kingston”
  • Catalan: “Kingston”
  • Cebuano: “Kingston”
  • Chinese: “金斯頓”
  • Chinese: “金斯顿”
  • Croatian: “Kingston”
  • Czech: “Kingston”
  • Danish: “Kingston”
  • Dutch: “Kingston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينجستين”
  • Esperanto: “Kingston”
  • Estonian: “Kingston”
  • Finnish: “Kingston”
  • French: “Kingston”
  • Galician: “Kingston”
  • German: “Kingston”
  • Hebrew: “קינגסטון”
  • Hungarian: “Kingston”
  • Icelandic: “Kingston”
  • Irish: “Kingston”
  • Italian: “Kingston”
  • Lithuanian: “Kingston”
  • Lombard: “Kingston”
  • Low German: “Kingston”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kingston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kingston”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kingston”
  • Persian: “کینگستون، تاسمانیا”
  • Persian: “کینگستون”
  • Piemontese: “Kingston”
  • Polish: “Kingston”
  • Portuguese: “Kingston”
  • Romanian: “Kingston”
  • Slovak: “Kingston”
  • Slovenian: “Kingston”
  • Spanish: “Kingston”
  • Swedish: “Kingston, Tasmanien”
  • Swedish: “Kingston”
  • Swiss German: “Kingston”
  • Turkish: “Kingston”
  • Walloon: “Kingston”

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