Middle Reef

Middle Reef is a reef in Queensland, Australia. Middle Reef is situated nearby to the hamlet Picnic Bay, as well as near the suburb Pallarenda.

Places of Interest

Highlights include SS City of Adelaide and Cleveland Bay.

SS City of Adelaide

Disaster remains

Photo: Twistie.man, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City of Adelaide was an iron-hulled ship that was launched in Scotland in 1863, spent a long career in Australian passenger and cargo service, and sank off the coast of Queensland in 1916. SS City of Adelaide is situated 3 km northeast of Middle Reef.

Cleveland Bay

Beach

Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cleveland Bay is a bay on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Coral Sea and, administratively, is within the City of Townsville. Cleveland Bay is situated 4 km west of Middle Reef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pallarenda and Rowes Bay.

Pallarenda

Suburb

Pallarenda is a northern coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Pallarenda had a population of 778 people. Pallarenda is situated 4½ km west of Middle Reef.

Rowes Bay

Suburb

Photo: ROxBo, Public domain.

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rowes Bay had a population of 541 people. Rowes Bay is situated 5 km southwest of Middle Reef.

Castle Hill

Suburb

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name. Castle Hill is situated 6 km south of Middle Reef.

Middle Reef

Type: Reef
Category: landform
Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.1972° or 19° 11′ 50″ south

Longitude

146.81386° or 146° 48′ 50″ east

Open location code

5RG8RR37+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 660054689

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

2157758

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