Sydney - Observatory Hill

Sydney - Observatory Hill is a monitoring station in Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney - Observatory Hill is situated nearby to Fort Street Public School, as well as near the art gallery S. H. Ervin Gallery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Sydney Observatory.

Darling Harbour

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

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

Sydney Observatory

Museum

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

The Sydney Observatory is a heritage-listed meteorological station, astronomical observatory, function venue, science museum, and education facility located on Observatory Hill at Upper Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Observatory is situated 140 metres north of Sydney - Observatory Hill.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Art gallery

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is situated 380 metres east of Sydney - Observatory Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millers Point and The Hungry Mile.

Millers Point

Suburb

Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY 2.5.

Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

The Hungry Mile

Neighborhood

The Hungry Mile is the name harbourside workers gave to the docklands area of Darling Harbour East, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in the Great Depression.

The Rocks

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

The Rocks 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.

Sydney - Observatory Hill

Type: Monitoring station
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.86072° or 33° 51′ 39″ south

Longitude

151.20503° or 151° 12′ 18″ east

Elevation

39 metres (128 feet)

Operator

Bureau of Meterology

Open location code

4RRH46Q4+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4305129698

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=monitoring_station

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Satellite Map

Discover Sydney - Observatory Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Street Public School and S. H. Ervin Gallery.

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