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Pumicestone Channel
Strait in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pumicestone Channel, also known as the Pumicestone Passage, is a narrow, mesotidal waterway around 45 kilometres in length, between Bribie Island and the mainland in Queensland, Australia.[1] The northern extent of the passage is at Caloundra, while at the south is Deception Bay. The waterway is a two way tidal estuary that has 11 creeks flowing into it.[2] At each end of the passage the channels are the deepest and widest.[2]
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![]() High tide at Bellara, Pumicestone Channel | |
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Location | Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 26.9394°S 153.0698°E / -26.9394; 153.0698 |
Length | 35km |
North end | Caloundra |
South end | Deception Bay |
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During periods of unusually high tides and large waves, the passage is infiltrated by inflows through channels in dunes at the northern tip of Bribie Island.[3]