Sow and Pigs Reef
Sow and Pigs Reef is a rocky reef in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The reef is situated on the eastern side of the main shipping channel between Middle Head and South Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reef
- Description: reef in Australia
- Also known as: “Sow and Pigs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eastern Channel Pile Light and Western Channel Pile Light.
Eastern Channel Pile Light
Lighthouse
The Eastern Channel Pile Light, also known as the East Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, off Laings Point, Vaucluse. It marks the eastern end of the Sow and Pigs Reef.
Western Channel Pile Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au.
The Western Channel Pile Light, also known as the West Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, off Georges Head, Mosman.
South Head Lower Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hornby Lighthouse, also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower North Shore and Manly.
Lower North Shore
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.
Manly
Photo: Jc8136, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manly is a harbour and ocean-side suburb and locality of Sydney and the southernmost of Sydney's Northern Beaches. It is known for its beaches and for its surfing culture.
Balgowlah
Suburb
Photo: MD111, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Balgowlah is situated 5 km north of Sow and Pigs Reef.
Sow and Pigs Reef
- Category: landform
- Location: Mosman Council, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.83682° or 33° 50′ 13″ southLongitude
151.2709° or 151° 16′ 15″ eastOpen location code
4RRH577C+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 901401971OpenStreetMap feature
natural=reefGeoNames ID
2148872Wikidata ID
Q7571841
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sow and Pigs Reef” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sow and Pigs Reef”
- Cebuano: “Sow and Pigs”
- Dutch: “Sow and Pigs”
- Hebrew: “שונית סוא ופיגס”
- Swedish: “Sow and Pigs Reef”
- Turkish: “Sow and Pigs Reef”
- Turkish: “Sow ve Pigs Recifi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anti-torpedo net foundations and Winch house foundations.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sow and Pigs Reef”. Photo: Cheggas7, CC BY-SA 4.0.