St Michaels Cave
St Michaels Cave is situated in the Sydney suburb of Avalon Beach. This sea-side cave is around 110 metres long, 15 metres high and 10 metres wide. The original colonial owner was a Reverend John Therry, who planned to deliver lectures within the cave and build a church above it.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Description: protected area in New South Wales, Australia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barrenjoey High School and McKay Reserve.
Barrenjoey High School
School
Barrenjoey High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Avalon Beach, a suburb in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Barrenjoey High School is situated 500 metres west of St Michaels Cave.
McKay Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.
McKay Reserve is a small tract of remnant urban bushland in Palm Beach, parts of which contain the endangered ecological community Pittwater and Wagstaffe Spotted Gum Forest. McKay Reserve is situated 3 km northwest of St Michaels Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morning Bay and Barrenjoey.
Morning Bay
Suburb
Morning Bay is a road-inaccessible suburb and adjoining bay in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Morning Bay is located 40 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Morning Bay is situated 4½ km west of St Michaels Cave.
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. Barrenjoey is situated 6 km north of St Michaels Cave.
McCarrs Creek
Suburb
McCarrs Creek is a suburb that is located adjacent to McCarrs Creek, approximately 4 kilometres west of Newport, at the headwaters of the Pittwater in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. McCarrs Creek is situated 6 km west of St Michaels Cave.
St Michaels Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.63003° or 33° 37′ 48″ southLongitude
151.33914° or 151° 20′ 21″ eastOpen location code
4RRH989Q+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4743223205OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q25183170
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In Other Languages
“St Michaels Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف سانت مايكلز”
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