Editing Hobart (section)

===Topography===
{{Further|List of Hobart suburbs}}
[[File:LGA Tas SE Hobart.png|thumb|The City of Hobart (green) and Greater Hobart (teal). Greater Hobart covers {{Convert|1695.5|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}}, whereas the built-up urban area covers {{Convert|81|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=on}}.]]
Hobart is located on the estuary of the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] in the state's south-east. It is built predominantly on Jurassic [[dolerite]] around the foothills interspersed with smaller areas of Triassic [[siltstone]] and Permian [[mudstone]], straddling the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]].

The Western Shore extends from the [[Derwent Valley, Tasmania|Derwent Valley]] in the northwest through the flatter areas around [[City of Glenorchy|Glenorchy]] (which rests on older Triassic sediment) bounded by peaks averaging around {{convert|1000|m|ft}} (including [[kunanyi / Mount Wellington]], Mt Hull, Mt Faulkner and [[Dromedary, Tasmania|Mt Dromedary]]). The hilly inner areas rest on the younger Jurassic dolerite deposits, before stretching into the lower areas such as the beaches of Sandy Bay in the south, while the [[Hobart City Centre|City]] and [[Kingston, Tasmania|Kingston]] are separated by [[Tolmans Hill, Tasmania|hills]] and [[Taroona]]'s [[Alum Cliffs]]. The Derwent estuary exits into Storm Bay wrapped by the [[South Arm Peninsula]], [[Iron Pot]] and [[Betsey Island]], with [[Turrakana|Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula]] and [[Bruny Island]] beyond.

The Eastern Shore also extends from the Derwent in a southeasterly direction hugging the [[Meehan Range]] (which hovers around {{convert|400|m|ft}} with distinctive summits such as [[Mount Direction]], [[Flagstaff Hill, Tasmania|Flagstaff Hill]] and [[Gunners Quoin]] towards the irregular valleys of [[Brighton Council (Tasmania)|Brighton]]) before sprawling into flatter land in suburbs such as Bellerive. These flatter areas of the eastern shore rest on far younger Quaternary deposits. From there the city wraps around the estuary to peninsulas and extends across the hills in an easterly direction into the valley area of [[Rokeby, Tasmania|Rokeby]], before reaching into the tidal flatland area of [[Lauderdale, Tasmania|Lauderdale]] (between [[Ralphs Bay]] and [[Frederick Henry Bay]]).

Hobart has access to a number of beach areas including those in the Derwent estuary itself: [[Long Beach, Tasmania|Long Beach]], [[Nutgrove Beach, Tasmania|Nutgrove Beach]], [[Bellerive Beach, Tasmania|Bellerive Beach]], Cornelian Bay, Kingston, and Howrah Beaches, as well as many more in [[Frederick Henry Bay]] such as [[Seven Mile Beach, Tasmania|Seven Mile]], Roaches, Cremorne, Clifton and Goats Beaches.
[[File:Hobart Wide Pano (6465217029).jpg|thumb|center|700x700px|Panorama of the Hobart metropolitan area from [[Mount Stuart, Tasmania|Mount Stuart]]. In the background is [[Mount Direction]] with the [[Jordan River (Tasmania)|Jordan River]] valley to the left and [[Shag Bay]] to the right]]