Traveling Luck for Porpoise Rock Tasmania, Australia Australia flag

The timezone in Porpoise Rock is Australia/Hobart
Morning Sunrise at 05:37 and Evening Sunset at 20:46. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. -41.1167°, Longitude. 146.8000°

Satellite map of Porpoise Rock and it's surroudings...

Geographic features & Photographs around Porpoise Rock in Tasmania, Australia

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

cove(s) a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay.

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

Accommodation around Porpoise Rock

The Pier Hotel 5 Elizabeth Street, George Town

Comfort Inn The Pier 5 Eizabeth Street, George Town

Peppers York Cove 2 Ferry Boulevard, George Town

shoal(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

spit a narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody.

reef(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.

island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

estuary a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences.

beach a shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves.

mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.

channel the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.

hills rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.


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