Dangar Island

Dangar Island is a forested island, 30.8 hectares in area, in the Hawkesbury River, on the northern outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dangar Island is a suburb of Hornsby Shire, and as of the 2021 census, has a population of 313, which swells dramatically during holiday seasons.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawkesbury River railway bridge and Hawkesbury River railway station.

Hawkesbury River railway bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hawkesbury River railway bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge in New South Wales, Australia which carries the Main North railway line across the Hawkesbury River.

Hawkesbury River railway station

Railway station

Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hawkesbury River railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern and Central Coast–Newcastle lines in the Sydney suburb of Brooklyn in New South Wales, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Wobby and Brooklyn.

Little Wobby

Suburb

Little Wobby is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area. It is the southernmost point of the NSW Central Coast.

Brooklyn

Photo: philipterrygraham, CC BY 2.0.

Brooklyn is a small fishing town perched on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, making it one of the most northerly areas of Sydney. As it's south of the Hawkesbury, it's still considered to be a part of Sydney and it and some nearby islands such as Dangar Island are a part of Hornsby Shire Council.

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.

Dangar Island

Type: Island
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.53953° or 33° 32′ 22″ south

Longitude

151.23942° or 151° 14′ 22″ east

Open location code

4RRHF66Q+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 172544584

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

2169447

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Dangar Island” goes by many names.

German: “Dangar Island”
Spanish: “Isla Dangar”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dangar Island and Whistling Kite Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bradleys Beach and Kiparra Park.

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