Sails Rock

Sails Rock is a stone in Townsville, Queensland. Sails Rock is situated nearby to the ranger station National Parks Office, as well as near the police station Magnetic Island Police.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 1 km west of Sails Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pallarenda and Rowes Bay.

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 7 km southwest of Sails Rock.

Rowes Bay

Suburb

Photo: ROxBo, Public domain.

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rowes Bay had a population of 541 people. Rowes Bay is situated 8 km southwest of Sails Rock.

Townsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.

Sails Rock

Type: Stone
Category: landform
Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.17706° or 19° 10′ 37″ south

Longitude

146.83446° or 146° 50′ 4″ east

Open location code

5RG8RRFM+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6744999925

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=stone

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sails Rock Lookout and National Parks Office.

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