Southport Lagoon, Tasmania

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Southport Lagoon

| state = tas

| coordinates={{Coord|-43.4785|146.9239|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-TAS|display=inline,title}}

| image =

| caption =

| pop = nil

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{cite web |url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC60618?opendocument |title=2016 Census Quick Stats Southport Lagoon (Tas.) |author= |date=23 October 2017 |website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 January 2021 |quote=}}

| established =

| postcode = 7109

| elevation =

| region = South-east

| location1 = Huonville

| dist1 = 71

| dir1 = S

| lga = Huon Valley

| stategov = Franklin

| fedgov = Franklin

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| near-nw = Ida Bay

| near-n = Ida Bay

| near-ne = Tasman Sea

| near-e = Tasman Sea

| near-w = Recherche

| near-sw = Tasman Sea

| near-s = Tasman Sea

| near-se = Tasman Sea

}}

Southport Lagoon is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Huon Valley in the South-east LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about {{convert|71|km}} south of the town of Huonville. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Southport Lagoon.

==History==

Southport Lagoon is a confirmed locality.{{cite web |url=https://www.placenames.tas.gov.au/#p1 |title=Placenames Tasmania – Southport Lagoon |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Placenames Tasmania |access-date=16 January 2021 |at=Select “Search”, enter "38077K", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”}}

Geography

The waters of the Tasman Sea form the eastern and southern boundaries. Southport Lagoon, the body of water, is contained within the locality.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Southport+Lagoon+TAS+7109/@-43.5002787,146.9164246,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xaa6c11f6a2f25d39:0x403c94dd0de0c00!8m2!3d-43.4794048!4d146.9340641 |title=Southport Lagoon, Tasmania |access-date=16 January 2021}}

==Road infrastructure==

Route C636 (South Cape Road) passes to the west.{{cite web |url=https://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801112712/http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/Route%20Descriptions%20V3.6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-08-01 |title=Tasmanian Road Route Codes |author= |date=May 2017 |website= |publisher=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment |access-date=16 January 2021 |quote=}}

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