Castle Hill, Townsville

Castle Hill as seen from the Strand, Townsville
Monolithic Castle Hill dominates the Townsville coastline

Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.[3][4]

It rises to a height of some 286 metres (938 ft) above sea level and dominates the city skyline.[5] It is one of the most distinctive natural features on the Queensland coast. There are a number of vantage points from which to view the city below and also across Cleveland Bay to nearby Magnetic Island. Castle Hill (as a hill) was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1993.[5]

  1. ^ "Castle Hill [hill] (entry 6446)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Castle Hill [suburb] (entry 44582)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ^ "CLEVELAND BAY AND THE TOWNSHIP OF TOWNSVILLE". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XX, no. 2, 386. Queensland, Australia. 21 September 1865. p. 2. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Castle Hill (Mount Cutheringa) – hill in City of Townsville (entry 6446)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Castle Hill (entry 601218)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

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