Great Mackarel Beach

Great Mackarel Beach is a beach in New South Wales, Australia. Great Mackarel Beach is situated nearby to the suburb Currawong Beach, as well as near the locality Soldiers Point.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Pittwater LGA, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as: “Great Mackerel Beach”

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

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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. Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is situated 3 km northeast of Great Mackarel Beach.

McKay Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.

McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest. McKay Reserve is situated 2½ km southeast of Great Mackarel Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrenjoey and Morning Bay.

Barrenjoey

Locality

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Barrenjoey or Barrenjoey Head is a headland and geographical locality within the suburb of Palm Beach, located at the northernmost point of the Barrenjoey Peninsula in Sydney, Australia. Barrenjoey is situated 3 km northeast of Great Mackarel Beach.

Morning Bay

Suburb

Morning Bay is a road-inaccessible suburb and adjoining bay in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Morning Bay is located 40 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Morning Bay is situated 4½ km south of Great Mackarel Beach.

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. Patonga is situated 5 km northwest of Great Mackarel Beach.

Great Mackarel Beach

Category: landform
Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.5902° or 33° 35′ 25″ south

Longitude

151.30119° or 151° 18′ 4″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

4RRHC852+WF

GeoNames ID

2164616

Wikidata ID

Q21912135

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Great Mackarel Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Great Mackarel Beach”
Hebrew: “גרייט מקרל ביץ‘”
Hebrew: “חוף המקרל הגדול”
Hebrew: “חוף מקרל הגדול”
Swedish: “Great Mackarel Beach”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mackarel Beach and Currawong Beach.

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