Cockle Bay (Queensland)
| Cockle Bay Townsville, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 4819 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||
| County | Elphinstone | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Magnetic | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Townsville | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Herbert | ||||||||||||
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Cockle Bay is a small bay in the south-western corner of Magnetic Island. It lies on the western side of Nobby Head, a headland which juts out at the southernmost 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 after catching fire.
Coordinates: 19°10′36.72″S 146°49′43.77″E / 19.1768667°S 146.8288250°E