Traveling Luck for Facing Island Queensland, Australia Australia flag

The timezone in Facing Island is Australia/Hobart
Morning Sunrise at 05:58 and Evening Sunset at 19:25. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. -23.8167°, Longitude. 151.3667°

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Geographic features & Photographs around Facing Island in Queensland, Australia

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

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

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

reef(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.

Accommodation around Facing Island

Mercure Gladstone Cnr Wood and Bell Streets, Barney Point

Metro Hotel and Apartments Gladstone 22-24 Roseberry Street, Gladstone

Rydges Gladstone 100 Goondoon Street, Gladstone

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

wharf(-ves) a structure of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank which provides berthing for ships and cargo-handling facilities.

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

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

anchorage an area where vessels may anchor.

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

navigation channel a buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels.

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

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

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

jetty a structure built out into the water at a river mouth or harbor entrance to regulate currents and silting.

inlet a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water.

headland a high projection of land extending into a large body of water beyond the line of the coast.

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.


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