Goat Island

Goat Island is a heritage-listed island located in , in , New South Wales, Australia. Located northwest of the , Goat Island is about 300m wide in a north–south direction and 180m long in an east–west direction; and covers an area of 5.4 hectares.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: rocky island in Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Goat Island, New South Wales”, “Goat Island, New South Wales, Australia”, “Me-Mel”, and “Memel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Observatory.

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is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

Museum
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The is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical , function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city suburb of Millers Point in the local government area of , Australia.

Art gallery
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The , formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on in neighbourhood of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millers Point and The Hungry Mile.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , in the state of , . It is on the north-western edge of the , adjacent to and is part of the local government area of the .

Neighborhood
is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of East, in , New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.

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is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.

Goat Island

Latitude
-33.85239° or 33° 51′ 9″ south
Longitude
151.19682° or 151° 11′ 49″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4RRH45XW+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 397373570
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2207788
Wiki­data ID
Q5575300
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Urdu—“Goat Island” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Isla Goat”
  • Cebuano: “Goat Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوات”
  • Italian: “Goat Island”
  • Japanese: “ゴート島”
  • Romanian: “Goat island, new south wales”
  • Romanian: “Goat Island, New South Wales”
  • Romanian: “Goat Island, Sydney”
  • Romanian: “Goat Island”
  • Slovenian: “Goat Island”
  • Spanish: “Goat Island”
  • Swedish: “Goat Island”
  • Turkish: “Goat Adası”
  • Turkish: “Goat Island”
  • Urdu: “گوٹ آئی لینڈ (پورٹ جیکسن)”
  • Urdu: “گوٹ آئی لینڈ”
  • “Goat Island”
  • “Me-Mel”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Balmain East and McMahons Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sydney Ship Repair & Engineering and Former Barracks Building.

New South Wales: Must-Visit Destinations

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