Bonnet Hill is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of

Kingborough Kingborough Council is a local government body in Tasmania, and one of the five municipalities that constitutes the Greater Hobart Area. Kingborough is classified as an urban local government area and has a population of 37,734, it covers the ...

in the Hobart LGA region of

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. The locality is about east of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 505 for the state suburb of Bonnet Hill. It is also a massive hill of the greater Hobart area. The suburb, on the hill of the same name, overlooks Kingston. Bonnet Hill is a popular cycling route. Located on it is the famous

Shot Tower A shot tower is a tower designed for the production of small-diameter shot balls by free fall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and for ballast, radiation shielding, ...

. The sides of the hill are riddled with small paths mostly leading to the nearby Kingston Beach. The

Alum Cliffs The Alum Cliffs are a section of cliffed coast facing the Derwent Estuary and Storm Bay along the suburbs of Taroona, Bonnet Hill, and Kingston Beach, Tasmania, Australia. Composed of Permian mudstone, the cliff formation stretches for be ...

along Bonnet Hill's

cliffed coast A cliffed coast, also called an abrasion coast, is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs that may or may not be precipitous. It contrasts with a flat or alluvial coast. Formation In coastal areas in whic ...

reach heights of up to above sea level and have vistas facing the Derwent Estuary, Storm Bay, South Arm and

Bruny Island Bruny Island ( Nuenonne: Lunawanna-alonnah) is a island located off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and its east coast lies within the Tasman ...

History

Bonnet Hill was gazetted as a locality in 1960.

Geography

The waters of the River Derwent estuary form the eastern and south-eastern boundaries.

Road infrastructure

Route B68 ( Channel Highway) runs through from north to west.

References

Localities of Kingborough Council {{Kingborough-geo-stub