Big Island
Big Island is an islet in New South Wales, Australia. Big Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kemblawarra, as well as near the suburb Port Kembla.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Perkins Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breakwater Battery and Port Kembla railway station.
Breakwater Battery
Museum
Breakwater Battery, was a coastal defence battery at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia during World War II. Constructed in 1939 to provide protection for Port Kembla from enemy shipping and submarines.
Port Kembla railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Kembla railway station is a single-platform intercity train terminal located in Port Kembla, Australia, on the South Coast railway line's Port Kembla branch. Port Kembla railway station is situated 3 km northwest of Big Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kemblawarra and Port Kembla.
Kemblawarra
Neighborhood
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kemblawarra is a residential, commercial and light industrial area of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is officially designated an urban place, and comprises the south-eastern part of Warrawong and the southern part of Port Kembla… Kemblawarra is situated 3½ km west of Big Island.
Port Kembla
Suburb
Port Kembla is a suburb of Wollongong 10 km south of the CBD and part of the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The suburb comprises a seaport, industrial complex, a small harbour foreshore nature reserve, and a small commercial sector. Port Kembla is situated 4 km northwest of Big Island.
Warrawong
Suburb
Photo: Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warrawong is a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the northeast corner of Lake Illawarra. Warrawong is 90 kilometers from Sydney CBD. Warrawong is situated 4½ km west of Big Island.
Big Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.49118° or 34° 29′ 28″ southLongitude
150.93118° or 150° 55′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4RQGGW5J+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 67191148OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Big Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of New South Wales, lat -34,49, long 150,93)”
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
- Swedish: “Big Island”
- Turkish: “Big Adası (V)”
- Turkish: “Big Island”
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