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Eaglehawk Neck
Eaglehawk Neck Eaglehawk Neck connecting the Tasman (foreground) and Forestier peninsulas, Tasmania, Australia.

Tasman Peninsula

peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
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Tasman Peninsula, peninsula in southeastern Tasmania, Australia, connected to the Forestier Peninsula to the north by a narrow isthmus, Eaglehawk Neck. Measuring 17 by 12 miles (27 by 19 km) and occupying 200 square miles (520 square km), the peninsula comprises three arms bounded by Storm Bay (west), Norfolk Bay (north), and the Tasman Sea. Its heavily wooded hills rise to more than 1,500 feet (460 m). The coastline is very much embayed and eroded...

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