The Circular Head Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. It covers the far north-west corner of the state mainland.

The major centres of the municipality are Smithton

Smithton, Tasmania

Smithton is a town in the far north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Bass Highway, 85 km north-west of Burnie. At the 2006 census, Smithton had a population of 3,361. Smithton is the administrative centre of the Circular Head Council...

, on the north coast; Stanley

Stanley, Tasmania

Stanley is a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Travelling west, Stanley is the second-last major township on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Smithton being the larger township in the Circular Head municipality...

, east of Smithton; and Marrawah

Marrawah, Tasmania

Marrawah is a small town on the northern part of the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. marrawah is located in the former shire of Wellington. At the 2006 census, Marrawah had a population of 407....

 on the west coast. It also includes the geographical formation of The Nut, at Stanley, and some islands just off the north west tip of the state including Robbins Island, Hunter Island

Hunter Island (North-west Tasmania)

Hunter Island is an island in Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania in south-eastern Australia. It is located near Three Hummock Island, several miles off the north-west coast of Tasmania. The island is run as a cattle property and there is a homestead on the island...

 and Three Hummock Island

Three Hummock Island

Three Hummock Island is an island with an area of 70 km2 and a high point 237 m above sea-level, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island. The island is named after its three most...

.