Little Swanport | |
Map Size: | 280 |
Pushpin Map: | Australia Tasmania |
Pushpin Map Size: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Little Swanport River mouth in Tasmania |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Tasmania |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | East Coast |
Length: | 62km (39miles) |
Source1: | Mount Burrows (Tasmania) |
Source1 Location: | below Inglewood Hill |
Source1 Coordinates: | -42.3294°N 147.4983°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 522m (1,713feet) |
Mouth: | Tasman Sea |
Mouth Location: | Little Swanport |
Mouth Coordinates: | -42.3411°N 147.9483°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Extra: | [1] |
The Little Swanport River is a perennial river located on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The Little Swanport River forms a key part of the within Little Swanport water catchment. It is here that the Little Swanport River meets the sea and land use is more diverse with large coastal grazing properties, residential/holiday settlements, tourist accommodation, and olive and oyster farming enterprises. The mouth of the Little Swanport River (estuary) is a popular spot for recreational fishing and other seaside holiday activities. It supports several successful oyster farming enterprises.[2]
The river forms the most northern border of the Pembroke Land District.
In the colonial period of the early 1800s the Lisdillon salt works used the Little Swanport River.[3]