Townsville pilotage area

The Townsville pilotage area is the area of— 

(a)  waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the northern tip of Cape Cleveland
• then in a south-westerly direction to latitude 19° 13.599' south, longitude 146° 54.300' east
• then west to latitude 19° 13.539' south, longitude 145° 51.450' east
• then in a north-easterly direction to latitude 19° 11.789' south, longitude 146° 52.750' east
• then in a north-easterly direction to latitude 19° 06.949' south, longitude 146° 55.050' east
• then in a north-westerly direction to latitude 19° 04.909' south, longitude 146° 52.070' east
• then west to latitude 19° 04.909' south, longitude 146° 45.070' east
• then south to the high-water mark on the mainland at longitude 146° 45.070' east
• then by the high-water mark along the shoreline of the mainland to the starting point; and

(b) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters mentioned in paragraph (a).

Townsville pilotage/compulsory pilotage area chartlet (PDF, 765 KB).