Freycinet Peninsula
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Freycinet_Peninsula_NASA.jpg/220px-Freycinet_Peninsula_NASA.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Wineglass_Bay_from_Lookout_crop.jpg/220px-Wineglass_Bay_from_Lookout_crop.jpg)
Freycinet Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is located north of Schouten Island, at 42°12′36″S 148°18′19″E / 42.21°S 148.305278°E. It is the site of Freycinet National Park.
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Also on the peninsula is the small village of Coles Bay, Wineglass Bay, Honeymoon Bay and the Friendly Beaches Reserve.
Early history
Nicholas Baudin named the peninsula after French explorer Louis de Freycinet. Baudin also named Cape Baudin, Cape Faure, Cape Forestier and Thouin Bay, although that Bay is now known as Wineglass Bay.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ TASMAP - Freycinet National Park. DPIW.
Further reading
- Blakers, Rob (2004) Freycinet: Freycinet National Park, Tasmania (text Jamie Kirkpatrick) Cascades, Tas. : Wilderness Photo,ISBN 0-9579744-1-8 (Library catalogue comment (http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Freycinet+Peninsula&i=2&id=743709): Freycinet National park was one of the first national parks in Tasmania and the world.))