Pacific Heights, Queensland

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Pacific Heights
Queensland
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Pacific Heights
Coordinates 23°06′01″S150°43′59″E / 23.1002°S 150.7330°E / -23.1002; 150.7330 Coordinates: 23°06′01″S150°43′59″E / 23.1002°S 150.7330°E / -23.1002; 150.7330
Population926 (2016 census) [1]
LGA(s) Livingstone Shire
State electorate(s) Keppel
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Pacific Heights:
Farnborough Farnborough Farnborough
Adelaide Park Pacific Heights Yeppoon
Inverness Inverness Barlows Hill

Pacific Heights is a locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. [2]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

Geography

Pacific Heights is in the hinterland of the Capricorn Coast. [3]

Capricorn Coast Region in Queensland, Australia

The Capricorn Coast is a stretch of coastline in Central Queensland, Australia and is part of the Shire of Livingstone. The region straddles the Tropic of Capricorn, after which it is named.

Farnborough Road is the eastern border of the locality with suburban development connecting via that road. Behind the suburban development, there is a land corridor for Panorama Drive to be developed through to the Farnborough Road roundabout. [3]

There is some farmland and some undeveloped bushland in Pacific Heights. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pacific Heights (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 April 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Pacific Heights - locality in Livingstone Shire (entry 48820)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 24 July 2017.


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