South Head
South Head is a cape in Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales. South Head is situated nearby to the suburb Watsons Bay, as well as near the locality The Gap.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Head Lower Light and Lady Bay Beach.
South Head Lower Light
Lighthouse
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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.
Eastern Channel Pile Light
Lighthouse
The Eastern Channel Pile Light, also known as the East Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, off Laings Point, Vaucluse. It marks the eastern end of the Sow and Pigs Reef.
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.
Lower North Shore
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.
South Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.83297° or 33° 49′ 59″ southLongitude
151.2805° or 151° 16′ 50″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
4RRH578J+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 6422200688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2205614
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Localities in the Area
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