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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-19.17706° or 19° 10′ 37″ southLongitude
146.83446° or 146° 50′ 4″ eastOpen location code
5RG8RRFM+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 6744999925OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stone
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sails Rock Lookout and National Parks Office.
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