Shark Island
Shark Island is an island located within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The island is 1.5 hectares in area, measuring some 250 metres by 100 metres, and lies off the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: Australian island
- Also known as: “Boam-Billy” and “Boowambillee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shark Island Light and Strickland House, Vaucluse.
Shark Island Light
Lighthouse
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Shark Island Light is an active pile lighthouse located just north of Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Its light is only visible on in the fairway of the harbour, between Shark Point and Point Piper.
Strickland House, Vaucluse
Park
Strickland House is a heritage-listed former residence and convalescent home and now functions, film studio, urban park and visitor attraction located at 52 Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia.
Nielsen Park
Park
Nielsen Park is a heritage-listed historic site, park and nature reserve located at Greycliffe Avenue, Vaucluse in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City East and Woolloomooloo.
City East
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Immediately to the east of the City Centre and also adjacent to City South is an area of laneways, nightlife, cafes, pubs, bars and entertainment and sometimes referred to as the "Inner East". it is an area where many choose to stay, and many more visit.
Woolloomooloo
Suburb
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Woolloomooloo is a harbourside, inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1.5 kilometres east of the central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. Woolloomooloo is situated 4 km southwest of Shark Island.
Bondi Beach
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Bondi Beach is a beach and the surrounding suburb in Sydney, Australia. Bondi Beach is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council, in the Eastern Suburbs.
Shark Island
- Category: landform
- Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Shark Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շնաձկան կղզի”
- Catalan: “Port Jackson”
- Catalan: “Shark Island”
- Cebuano: “Shark Island”
- Chinese: “鯊魚島”
- French: “île Shark”
- French: “Shark Island”
- Italian: “Shark Island”
- Japanese: “シャーク島”
- Slovenian: “Shark Island”
- Swedish: “Shark Island”
- Turkish: “Shark Adası”
- Turkish: “Shark Island”
- Urdu: “شارک آئی لینڈ (پورٹ جیکسن)”
- Urdu: “شارک آئی لینڈ”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Point Piper and Vaucluse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boam-Billy and Boowambillee.
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