Barrenjoey Headland

Barrenjoey Headland is in Northern Beaches, New South Wales. Barrenjoey Headland is situated nearby to the nature reserve Barrenjoey Head Aquatic Reserve, as well as near Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse and Palm Beach Seaplane Base.

Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse at Barrenjoey Headland in the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet, the New South Wales Colonial Architect and built by Isaac Banks. Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is situated 360 metres northeast of Barrenjoey Headland.

Palm Beach Seaplane Base

Aerodrome

Palm Beach Water Airport is a water aerodrome used by seaplanes. It is located in the suburb of Palm Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Lion Island

Islet

Photo: John Dalton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lion Island is an island that is located at the mouth to the Hawkesbury River in Broken Bay on the Central Coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lion Island is situated 3 km north of Barrenjoey Headland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrenjoey and Pearl Beach.

Barrenjoey

Locality

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Barrenjoey is a locality in the suburb of Palm Beach, at the most northern tip of Pittwater. The headland is made up primarily of sandstones of the Newport Formation, the top third is a cap of Hawkesbury sandstone.

Pearl Beach

Suburb

Pearl Beach is a suburb of Central Coast Council on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Pearl Beach was assigned 'suburb' status by the Geographical Names Board of NSW on 25 October 1991. Pearl Beach is situated 5 km north of Barrenjoey Headland.

Patonga

Suburb

Photo: Rufusferret, CC BY 3.0.

The Central Coast of New South Wales is a coastal region immediately to the north of the state capital of Sydney and south of the state's second largest city Newcastle. Patonga is situated 6 km northwest of Barrenjoey Headland.

Barrenjoey Headland

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.58173° or 33° 34′ 54″ south

Longitude

151.32642° or 151° 19′ 35″ east

Operator

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

Open location code

4RRHC89G+8H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4593858400

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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