Traveling Luck for The Nek Queensland, Australia Australia flag

The timezone in The Nek is Australia/Hobart
Morning Sunrise at 05:48 and Evening Sunset at 19:13. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. -27.1333°, Longitude. 153.4000°

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Geographic features & Photographs around The Nek in Queensland, Australia

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.

bank(s) an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation.

beach a shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves.

Accommodation around The Nek

Tangalooma Island Resort Moreton Island, Off Brisbane, Tangalooma

ravine(s) a small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge.

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

channel the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.

hills rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

peak a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature.

roadstead an open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor.

spur(s) a subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation.

swamp a wetland dominated by tree vegetation.

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.

upland an extensive interior region of high land with low to moderate surface relief.

shoal(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

marine channel that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable.


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Airports close to The Nek

Brisbane international(BNE), Brisbane, Australia (143.6km)