Cockle Bay (Queensland)

Cockle Bay (Queensland)
Cockle Bay
Townsville, Queensland
Postcode: 4819
LGA: City of Townsville
County: Elphinstone
Parish: Magnetic
State District: Townsville
Federal Division: Herbert
Suburbs around Cockle Bay:
West Point
Cockle Bay Picnic Bay

Cockle Bay is a small bay in the south-eastern corner of Magnetic Island. It lies on the western side of Nobby Head, a headland which juts out at the southern-most end of the island. The bay is populated with a number of small residential premises. Access to the bay is gained via an unsealed road which leads through the mangrove flats to the north of Cockle Bay to West Point Road, which in-turn connects to Picnic Bay and West Point. Access to the bay can also be gained by boat, and a channel through the offshore reefs is provided for access by boats with a larger draft.

Most notably, offshore of Cockle Bay is the site of the wreck of SS City of Adelaide which sunk in the bay in 1912 having caught fire.

Coordinates: 19°10′36.72″S 146°49′43.77″E / 19.1768667°S 146.828825°E / -19.1768667; 146.828825


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