Point Danger

Point Danger is a headland, located at Coolangatta on the southern end of the on the east coast of Australia. Separated by and to the west, with and the mouth to the south, present-day Point Danger has also indicated the border between and , , since 1863.
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Photo: Ché Lydia Xyang, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Captain Cook Memorial Light and Duranbah Beach.

Lighthouse
Point Danger Light, also known as the , is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and , marking the border between and , .

Beach
, officially known as Flagstaff Beach, but also known as Dbah is the northernmost beach in . Located in the , is situated between the mouth of the and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border.

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is a small rocky outcrop on the northern side of Point Danger at the southern end of on the , Queensland, Australia. It is a famous surf break and today the start of the large sand bank known to surfers as the Superbank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coolangatta and Tweed Heads.

Suburb
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is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, , Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders . In the 2021 census, had a population of 6,491 people.

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and Coolangatta are twin towns on the border between north-eastern and south-eastern . Coolangatta is in Queensland and part of the City.

Suburb
is a suburb of Tweed Heads, located on the in north-eastern , Australia, in along the and New South Wales border. is situated 5 km southwest of Point Danger.

Point Danger

Latitude
-28.16449° or 28° 9′ 52″ south
Longitude
153.55111° or 153° 33′ 4″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
5R3MRHP2+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4315300098
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2169445
Wiki­data ID
Q2100749
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Satellite Map

Discover Point Danger from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Point Danger” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Point Danger”
  • Dutch: “Point Danger”
  • German: “Point Danger”
  • Swedish: “Point Danger”

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