| Type: | town |
| Taranna | |
| State: | tas |
| Coordinates: | -43.05°N 201°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Lga: | Tasman Council |
| Postcode: | 7180 |
| Pop: | 156 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation: | 286 |
| Stategov: | Lyons |
| Fedgov: | Lyons |
| Region: | South-east |
| Location4: | Nubeena |
| Dist4: | 16 |
| Dir4: | NE |
| Dist1: | 87 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Location1: | Hobart |
| Dist2: | 30 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Dunalley |
| Dist3: | 10 |
| Dir3: | N |
| Location3: | Port Arthur |
| Near-Nw: | Norfolk Bay |
| Near-N: | Eaglehawk Neck |
| Near-Ne: | Eaglehawk Neck |
| Near-E: | Fortescue |
| Near-W: | Norfolk Bay, Koonya |
| Near-Sw: | Koonya |
| Near-S: | Port Arthur |
| Near-Se: | Fortescue |
Taranna is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Tasman in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-east of the town of Nubeena. The 2016 census recorded a population of 156 for the state suburb of Taranna.[1] It is a hamlet on the Tasman Peninsula. Local points of interest include its Presbyterian church, immediately adjacent to the Federation Chocolate Factory, and a Tasmanian Devil park, "Unzoo".[2]
Taranna was gazetted as a locality in 1967. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word for “wallaby”.[3]
Norfolk Bay Post Office opened on 1 February 1884 and was renamed "Taranna" in 1887. It closed in 1970.[4]
Taranna was first stop on the Convict tramway to Port Arthur.[5]
The waters of Norfolk Bay form part of the northern and western boundaries.
Route A9 (Arthur Highway) runs through from north to south.[3] [6]