West Point
West Point is an island town and suburb of Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of West Point had a population of 32 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 32 residents
- Description: suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “West Point, Queensland” and “West Point, Queensland, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Magnetic Island and SS City of Adelaide.
Magnetic Island
Photo: Leonhard Fortier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Magnetic Island is an island directly off the coast of Townsville in Central Queensland. Over half the land area of the island is a National Park. Magnetic Island is roughly 7 km by 5 km, with 25 km of walking tracks and several beaches and little bays.
SS City of Adelaide
Disaster remains
Photo: Twistie.man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City of Adelaide was an iron-hulled ship that was launched in Scotland in 1863, spent a long career in Australian passenger and cargo service, and sank off the coast of Queensland in 1916. SS City of Adelaide is situated 4 km south of West Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pallarenda.
Pallarenda
Suburb
Pallarenda is a northern coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Pallarenda had a population of 778 people. Pallarenda is situated 9 km southwest of West Point.
West Point
- Category: suburb
- Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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