Castle Hill
Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hanek45, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 264 metres
- Description: granite monolith in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Castle Hill, Townsville”, “Cudtheringa”, “Mount Cudtheringa”, “Mount Cutheringa”, and “Mount Gudtheringa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacred Heart Cathedral and Queens Gardens.
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Church
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral at 266 Stanley Street, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1896 to 1902 by Dennis Kelleher.
Queens Gardens
Park
Photo: Stickpen, Public domain.
Queens Gardens is a large heritage-listed botanic garden at Paxton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Queens Gardens is located at the base of Castle Hill, near to both the city centre and The Strand beachside park.
North Queensland Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Greditdesu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Queensland Stadium, also known as Queensland Country Bank Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a Rugby League stadium located in Railway Estate, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Hill and Townsville City.
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.
Townsville City
Suburb
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Townsville City is a coastal suburb at the centre of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Townsville City had a population of 2,945 people.
Townsville
Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.
Castle Hill
- Categories: monolith, hill, mountain, and landform
- Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-19.25803° or 19° 15′ 29″ southLongitude
146.80263° or 146° 48′ 10″ eastElevation
264 metres (866 feet)Open location code
5RG8PRR3+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 60428127OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castle Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castle Hill”
- Chinese: “城堡山”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كاستل هيل”
- French: “Castle Hill”
- Ladin: “Castle Hill”
- Swedish: “Castle Hill (kulle i Australien, Queensland, Townsville)”
- Swedish: “Castle Hill”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle Hill”. Photo: Hanek45, Public domain.