McCauley Park Island
McCauley Park Island is an islet in Copper Coast, South Australia. McCauley Park Island is situated nearby to Clem McCauley Park, as well as near the park Queen Square.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moonta Cemetery and Wheal Hughes.
Moonta Cemetery
Cemetery
The Moonta Cemetery in Moonta, South Australia was established under the Moonta Cemetery Trust in May 1866. Burials had occurred prior to that, with the town having been surveyed and land sold in March 1863. Moonta Cemetery is situated 1½ km south of McCauley Park Island.
Wheal Hughes
Museum
Photo: Fairv8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia in 1840 and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Wheal Hughes is situated 2½ km east of McCauley Park Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moonta and Moonta Bay.
Moonta
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 166 km north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.
Moonta Bay
Suburb
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moonta Bay is located in the Copper Coast region of Northern Yorke Peninsula South Australia, adjacent to the historic town of Moonta and Port Hughes.
Port Hughes
Photo: Davidcronk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Port Hughes is a coastal town of 600 people on the western side of Yorke Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination, and the towns of Moonta Bay and Moonta are nearby.
McCauley Park Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Copper Coast, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.06128° or 34° 3′ 41″ southLongitude
137.58675° or 137° 35′ 12″ eastOpen location code
4QQVWHQP+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1548220868OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clem McCauley Park and Queen Square.
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