Mushroom Rock
Mushroom Rock is a cliff in City of Rockingham, Western Australia. Mushroom Rock is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint John Point lookout, as well as near the bunker Peron Battery.Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cliff
- Description: islet in Western Australia
- Also known as: “Mushroom rock, Point Peron”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Point lookout and Point Peron lookout.
John Point lookout
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John Point lookout is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 310 metres northeast of Mushroom Rock.
Point Peron lookout
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Peron lookout is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 600 metres southeast of Mushroom Rock.
Peron Battery
Bunker
Photo: Stephen Edmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Peron Battery, at Cape Peron, was the southernmost of the Fremantle Fortress coastal defence batteries in Western Australia. Also referred to as K Heavy Battery, it was established in January 1943 and, like the Challenger Battery on near-by Garden Island, it was equipped with two mobile 155 mm guns. Peron Battery is situated 510 metres southeast of Mushroom Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peron and Shoalwater.
Peron
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peron is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located within the City of Rockingham. The suburb was gazetted in 1974.
Shoalwater
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shoalwater is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. Shoalwater is located within the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park which includes Shoalwater Bay, Warnbro Sound, Cape Peron and several small islands being Penguin island, Seal Island and Shag Rock. Shoalwater is situated 4 km southeast of Mushroom Rock.
Safety Bay
Suburb
Photo: Bjenks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safety Bay is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located on the coast within the City of Rockingham. Safety Bay is situated 6 km southeast of Mushroom Rock.
Mushroom Rock
- Categories: islet and landform
- Location: City of Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.26738° or 32° 16′ 3″ southLongitude
115.68409° or 115° 41′ 3″ eastOpen location code
4PVQPMMM+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 7497184690OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffWikidata ID
Q21896460
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Mushroom Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mushroom Rock (bato sa Awstralya, State of Western Australia, lat -32,27, long 115,68)”
- Cebuano: “Mushroom Rock”
- Swedish: “Mushroom Rock (klippa i Australien, Western Australia, lat -32,27, long 115,68)”
- Turkish: “Mushroom Kayası (I)”
- Turkish: “Mushroom Rock”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Rock and Bird Island.
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