West Head
West Head is a cape in Northern Beaches, New South Wales and has an elevation of 131 metres. West Head is situated nearby to the locality Barrenjoey, as well as near the suburb Great Mackerel Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palm Beach Seaplane Base and Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse.
Palm Beach Seaplane Base
Aerodrome
Palm Beach Water Airport is a water aerodrome used by seaplanes. It is located in the suburb of Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse at Barrenjoey Headland in the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet, the New South Wales Colonial Architect and built by Isaac Banks.
Lion Island
Islet
Photo: John Dalton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lion Island is an island that is located at the mouth to the Hawkesbury River in Broken Bay on the Central Coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrenjoey and Pearl Beach.
Barrenjoey
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the most northern tip of Pittwater. The headland is made up primarily of sandstones of the Newport Formation, the top third is a cap of Hawkesbury sandstone.
Pearl Beach
Suburb
Pearl Beach is a suburb of Central Coast Council on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Pearl Beach was assigned 'suburb' status by the Geographical Names Board of NSW on 25 October 1991.
Patonga
Suburb
Photo: Rufusferret, CC BY 3.0.
The Central Coast of New South Wales is a coastal region immediately to the north of the state capital of Sydney and south of the state's second largest city Newcastle.
West Head
- Type: Cape with an elevation of 131 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.57946° or 33° 34′ 46″ southLongitude
151.31091° or 151° 18′ 39″ eastElevation
131 metres (430 feet)Open location code
4RRHC8C6+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 26384179OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2143992
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