Pelican Island

Pelican Island is an islet in New South Wales, Australia. Pelican Island is situated nearby to the suburb Marks Point, as well as near Little Pelican.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swansea and Lake Macquarie.

Swansea

Suburb

Photo: Conquimbo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Macquarie is a satellite city of Newcastle with the largest permanent saltwater lake in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a contemporary coastal city and natural adventure playground. Swansea is situated 2½ km south of Pelican Island.

Lake Macquarie

Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Macquarie is a satellite city of Newcastle with the largest permanent saltwater lake in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a contemporary coastal city and natural adventure playground.

Swansea Heads

Suburb

Swansea Heads is a locality on the Swansea peninsula between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Greater Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie local government area. Swansea Heads is situated 4 km southeast of Pelican Island.

Pelican Island

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Pelican Islet”
Categories: island, sand, locality, and landform
Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.0628° or 33° 3′ 46″ south

Longitude

151.63353° or 151° 38′ 1″ east

Open location code

4RRHWJPM+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 7236547

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=sand

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2153534

Wikidata ID

Q21903948

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Pelican Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pelican Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of New South Wales, lat -33,06, long 151,63)”
Cebuano: “Pelican Island”
Swedish: “Pelican Island”
Turkish: “Pelican Adası (X)”
Turkish: “Pelican Island”

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Localities in the Area

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