Rocky Bay

Rocky Bay is a bay in Western Australia, Australia. Rocky Bay is situated nearby to the locality Narrow Neck, as well as near Oliver Hill Battery.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rottnest Island and Wadjemup Lighthouse.

Rottnest Island

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Rottnest Island is an island about 20 km off the coast of Perth with a permanent population of around 300 people. It receives around 500,000 visitors a year, and up to 15,000 visitors at a time during peak periods and is best known for its adorable quokkas.

Wadjemup Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Djanga, CC BY 2.5.

Completed in 1849, the original 20-metre Wadjemup Lighthouse was Western Australia's first stone lighthouse and was built to provide a safer sailing passage for ships to Fremantle Harbour and the Swan River Colony.

Green Island

Islet

Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au.

Green Island is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oliver Hill Battery and Thomson Bay Settlement.

Oliver Hill Battery

Locality

Photo: Lpm43792, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oliver Hill Battery is a locality.

Thomson Bay Settlement

Village

Thomson Bay, known in full as Thomson Bay Settlement and also known as The Settlement, is the largest settlement of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, situated on the island's northeastern coast.

Kingstown Barracks

Village

Photo: Samwilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kingstown Barracks is a village.

Rocky Bay

Type: Bay
Description: bay off Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Categories: bight and body of water
Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-32.01224° or 32° 0′ 44″ south

Longitude

115.47407° or 115° 28′ 27″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

4PVQXFQF+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1994949645

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2078835

Wikidata ID

Q21896333

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Satellite Map

Discover Rocky Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rocky Bay” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rocky Bay (luuk sa Awstralya, State of Western Australia, lat -32,01, long 115,47)”
Cebuano: “Rocky Bay”
Swedish: “Rocky Bay (vik i Australien, Western Australia, lat -32,01, long 115,47)”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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