Lucinda (Lucinda)
Lucinda is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Lucinda had a population of 406 people.
The locality is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the north by the southern end of the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates Hinchinbrook Island from mainland Queensland), to the west by the Herbert River which flows in the Seaforth Channel and then into the Hinchinbrook Channel, and to the south by Gentle Annie Creek which flows into the Coral Sea.
The cape Lucinda Point is the north-eastern corner of the locality (-18.5269°N, 146.3393°W). The town of Lucinda developed along the east coast from the point and extending south.
The Herbert River (-18.5434°N, 146.2898°W) flows into the sea in 3 different ways:
* the main outlet goes north into the Seaford Channel (-18.5151°N, 146.2727°W ) and then into the Hinchbrook Channel (-18.5007°N, 146.2957°W)
* a second lesser outlet goes east into the Enterprise Channel (-18.5295°N, 146.3148°W) through the locality and then into the Coral Sea
* the small Gentle Annie Creek (-18.5567°N, 146.3229°W) provides another outflow further south-east into the Coral Sea.
The town of Dungeness (-18.5267°N, 146.3186°W) is 1.6 km by road north-west of the town of Lucinda,. Dungeness takes its name from Dungeness Creek, which, in turn, was named after headland Dungeness on the coast of Kent, England. Unlike the town of Lucinda, Dungeness faces west onto the Enterprise Channel.
The locality is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the north by the southern end of the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates Hinchinbrook Island from mainland Queensland), to the west by the Herbert River which flows in the Seaforth Channel and then into the Hinchinbrook Channel, and to the south by Gentle Annie Creek which flows into the Coral Sea.
The cape Lucinda Point is the north-eastern corner of the locality (-18.5269°N, 146.3393°W). The town of Lucinda developed along the east coast from the point and extending south.
The Herbert River (-18.5434°N, 146.2898°W) flows into the sea in 3 different ways:
* the main outlet goes north into the Seaford Channel (-18.5151°N, 146.2727°W ) and then into the Hinchbrook Channel (-18.5007°N, 146.2957°W)
* a second lesser outlet goes east into the Enterprise Channel (-18.5295°N, 146.3148°W) through the locality and then into the Coral Sea
* the small Gentle Annie Creek (-18.5567°N, 146.3229°W) provides another outflow further south-east into the Coral Sea.
The town of Dungeness (-18.5267°N, 146.3186°W) is 1.6 km by road north-west of the town of Lucinda,. Dungeness takes its name from Dungeness Creek, which, in turn, was named after headland Dungeness on the coast of Kent, England. Unlike the town of Lucinda, Dungeness faces west onto the Enterprise Channel.
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