North Head
North Head is a cape in Northern Beaches, New South Wales. North Head is situated nearby to the locality The Old Mans Hat, as well as near the suburb North Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sydney Harbour National Park and Manly Beach.
Sydney Harbour National Park
Photo: Maurice van Creij, CC BY 3.0.
Sydney Harbour National Park is a national park scattered across Sydney Harbour, Australia. First gazetted in 1975, it's one of many national parks within metropolitan Sydney, renowned for its sheltered beaches, tranquil picnic spots, rich Aboriginal, colonial and military heritage, aquatic reserves and most importantly; harbour islands.
Manly Beach
Beach
Photo: Petesmiles, Public domain.
Manly Beach is a beach situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. From north to south, the three main sections are Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne.
South Head Lower Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hornby Lighthouse, also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manly and Balgowlah.
Manly
Photo: Jc8136, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manly is a harbour and ocean-side suburb and locality of Sydney and the southernmost of Sydney's Northern Beaches. It is known for its beaches and for its surfing culture.
Balgowlah
Suburb
Photo: MD111, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling.
Northern Beaches
Photo: Andrewssi2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Northern Beaches of Sydney refers to a suburban district located in the north of the city, as well as a stretch of famous beaches extending northwards from Sydney Harbour and North Head at Manly to Barrenjoey Point and Broken Bay, fronting the Pacific Ocean.
North Head
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Outer North Head”
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.82391° or 33° 49′ 26″ southLongitude
151.30026° or 151° 18′ 1″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4RRH58G2+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5705013928OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2205612
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Localities in the Area
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