Teralina / Eaglehawk Neck
The narrow isthmus to the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, with the Tessellated Pavement, a shore platform cut by joints into a grid of tiles. From 1831 a line of chained dogs guarded it against convicts escaping from Port Arthur. At the end of the road south-east lie Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1831 CE mainstream
the Dog Line is first set up: a row of dogs chained across the Neck to warn of convicts escaping from the Tasman Peninsula; it is kept until Port Arthur closes in the 1870s source - 2021 CE mainstream
in March the place is dual-named Teralina / Eaglehawk Neck, adding its original name source
Where
43.0167° S, 147.9258° E
The point is the isthmus. The Tessellated Pavement lies on its shore at Lufra, on Pirates Bay. Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen lie at the end of the road that runs south-east from the Neck.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaglehawk_Neck
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellated_pavement
- https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.1.65
- https://doi.org/10.25959/23243438
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_National_Park
- https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/tasman-national-park
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/a-geological-wonder-in-tasmania-devils-kitchen
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