geo.wikisort.org - SeaThe Birchs Inlet, also spelt Birch's Inlet or Birches Inlet, is a narrow cove or coastal inlet on the south-western side of Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. The inlet is located within the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Inlet of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania
Birchs Inlet |
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The area is important for orange-bellied parrots. |
Location on the western coast of Tasmania |
False colour Landsat image of Macquarie Harbour, facing north-west, showing Birchs Inlet extending to the lower left and the Gordon River at the bottom. |
Location | West Coast Tasmania |
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Coordinates | 42°30′46″S 145°28′12″E |
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Etymology | Thomas William Birch[1] |
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Primary inflows | Macquarie Harbour |
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River sources | - Birchs River
- Pocacker River
- Sorell River
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Ocean/sea sources | Southern Ocean |
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Basin countries | Australia |
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Max. length | 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) |
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Features and location
The inlet lies approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the town of Strahan and serves as the mouth of the Birchs, Pocacker and Sorell Rivers, three of several draining south-western Tasmania. About 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in length, the mouth of the inlet lies near the head of Macquarie Harbour not far from the mouth of the Gordon River. It is only accessible by water transport. It has been at times an important access point for loggers working in the area for moving Huon Pine to Strahan.
It lies at the northern end of the Melaleuca to Birchs Inlet Important Bird Area.[2] It is one of only two (the other being at Melaleuca) study sites for orange-bellied parrots in their breeding range.[3][4]
Etymology
It is named after Thomas William Birch (1774-1821), a surgeon, whaler, merchant and shipowner who settled in Tasmania in 1808.[1]
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Cities and other settlements |
- Crotty
- Darwin
- Dundas
- Gormanston
- Guildford
- Linda
- Pillinger
- Regatta Point
- Rosebery
- Strahan
- Tullah
- Waratah
- Williamsford
- Zeehan
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Governance |
- Braddon (federal)
- Braddon (state)
- Franklin Land District
- Montgomery Land District
- Montagu Land District
- West Coast Council
- Lyell
- Murchison
- Zeehan
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Mountains | |
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National parks |
- Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
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Rivers | |
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Lakes | |
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Dams | |
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Power stations |
- Anthony Power Development
- Bastyan
- Gordon
- John Butters
- Lake Margaret
- Mackintosh
- Reece
- Tribute
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Transport | Railways |
- Emu Bay
- Macquarie Heads breakwater
- Melba
- Mount Dundas – Zeehan
- North East Dundas
- North Mount Lyell
- Strahan–Zeehan
- Wee Georgie Wood
- West Coast Wilderness
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Locomotives and rolling stock |
- TGR G class (1896)
- TGR K class
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Railway stations and former railway stations |
- Queenstown
- Regatta Point
- Zeehan
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Landmarks | Natural | |
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Man-made |
- Cape Sorell Lighthouse
- Galley Museum
- Queenstown Oval
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People of note | |
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Mining |
- Comstock Mine
- Copper Mines
- Henty Gold Mine
- Mount Jukes Mine sites
- Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
- Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
- North Mount Lyell
- North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912)
- Renison Bell
- Stichtite
- West Coast Tasmania Mines
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Books and newspapers |
- For the Term of His Natural Life
- Gould's Book of Fish
- The Peaks of Lyell
- Walk to the West
- Western Tasmania: A land of Riches and Beauty
- Zeehan and Dundas Herald
- The West Coast Miner
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Other |
- Darwin glass
- The Unconformity
- Round Earth Theatre Company
- Tasmanian West bioregion
- Western Tasmanian Football Association
- Western Tasmanian languages
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