Shark Island (Port Jackson)

Shark Island

Shark Island is an island located within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia. The island is 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) in area,[1] measuring some 250 metres by 100 metres, and lies off the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance. The island was known by the local Aboriginal people as Boambilly,[2] and the current name comes from its shape, which is claimed to resemble a shark.[3] Shark Island Light is an active pile lighthouse located just north of Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Its light is only visible on in the fairway of the harbour, between Shark Point and Point Piper. [4]

  1. ^ "Sydney Harbour National Park Shark Island". National Parks and Wildlife Service. NSW Government. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ^ Shark Island, Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ^ Sydney Harbour National Park - Park Maps Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources (as at 9 September 2005)
  4. ^ Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.