Rocky Point

Rocky Point is a cape in Mosman Council, New South Wales. Rocky Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Balmoral, as well as near the suburb Mosman.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queenwood School for Girls and HMAS Penguin.

Queenwood School for Girls

School

Queenwood School for Girls, often abbreviated as Queenwood, is a multi-campus independent non-denominational Christian primary and secondary day school for girls, located in the suburb of Mosman on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia.

HMAS Penguin

Military installation

Photo: Ajayvius, Public domain.

HMAS Penguin is a Royal Australian Navy base located at Balmoral on the lower north shore of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman, New South Wales. Penguin is one of the RAN's primary training establishments, with a responsibility for providing trained specialists for all areas of the navy.

Grotto Point Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Brianegge, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light, is an active lighthouse located at Grotto Point, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia, on the north side of Sydney Harbour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower North Shore and Balgowlah.

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.

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.

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.

Rocky Point

Type: Cape
Categories: point and landform
Location: Mosman Council, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.82312° or 33° 49′ 23″ south

Longitude

151.25297° or 151° 15′ 11″ east

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

4RRH57G3+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13930675423

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2207860

Wikidata ID

Q21923346

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Rocky Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rocky Point”
Swedish: “Rocky Point”
Turkish: “Rocky Point”
Turkish: “Rocky Yarımadası”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Balmoral and Mosman.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rocky Point Island and Balmoral Beach.

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