Penguin

Penguin is a small town in northern , situated between and . It was named after the little penguins that used to wander around its beaches.
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  • Type: Town with 3,330 residents
  • Description: town in Tasmania, Australia
  • Also known as: Penguin, Tasmania” and “Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
Photo: BrisbanePom, Public domain.
Photo: Ghouston, CC0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penguin Beach and Penguin Uniting Church and Hall.

Beach

School
is a public, co-educational high school, in Penguin, , , a town located midway between of Burnie and .

Penguin

Latitude
-41.1151° or 41° 6′ 54″ south
Longitude
146.0725° or 146° 4′ 21″ east
Population
3,330
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU PEG
Open location code
4RC8V3MC+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32741288
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2153494
Wiki­data ID
Q1789818
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Penguin” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Penguin
  • Basque: Penguin (Tasmania)
  • Basque: Penguin
  • Cebuano: Penguin
  • Dutch: Penguin
  • French: Penguin
  • German: Penguin
  • Igbo: Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
  • Igbo: Penguin, Tasmania
  • Igbo: Penguin
  • Irish: Penguin
  • Persian: پینگوئین
  • Polish: Penguin
  • Swedish: Penguin

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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 “Penguin”. Photo: Ghouston, CC0.