Castle Hill, The Hills Shire, State of New South Wales, Australia

Alternative Names:	Castle Hill
Type:	Section of populated place
Mindat.org Region:	Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Region:	The Hills Shire, State of New South Wales, Australia
Latitude:	33° 43' 59" S
Longitude:	151° 0' 0" E
Lat/Long (dec):	-33.73333,151
Köppen climate type:	Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Population:	35,389 (2015)
Mindat Feature ID:	2172111
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2172111:7
GUID:	0

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Government Sandstone Quarry, Dural, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 42' 3" S	151° 3' 12" E	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Bellamy Street Quarry, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 43' 31" S	151° 4' 9" E	6.5km (4.0 miles)
Pennant Hills Quarry (Dundas Quarry; Sir Thomas Mitchell Reserve), Dundas Valley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 47' 34" S	151° 3' 14" E	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Blacktown Quarry, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 46' 51" S	150° 55' 4" E	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Hornsby Quarry, Hornsby, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 41' 49" S	151° 5' 28" E	9.3km (5.8 miles)
State Brickworks quarry, Woodcroft, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 45' 12" S	150° 52' 48" E	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Emu Quarry, Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 48' 48" S	150° 55' 20" E	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 48' 59" S	150° 55' 32" E	11.5km (7.2 miles)
Prospect Quarry, Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 49' 23" S	150° 55' 4" E	12.6km (7.8 miles)
Styles Quarry, Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 49' 40" S	150° 54' 54" E	13.1km (8.2 miles)
Widemere Quarry, Prospect Hill, Prospect, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 49' 53" S	150° 54' 54" E	13.4km (8.4 miles)
State Brickworks, Sydney Olympic Park, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 50' 26" S	151° 4' 17" E	13.6km (8.5 miles)
Sarkis Brothers sandstone, Glenorie, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 34' 39" S	151° 0' 59" E	17.4km (10.8 miles)
Pioneer Quarry, Eastern Creek, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 47' 51" S	150° 49' 42" E	17.4km (10.8 miles)
Erskine Park Quarry, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 49' 6" S	150° 47' 19" E	21.7km (13.5 miles)
Goat Island, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 51' 7" S	151° 11' 47" E	22.5km (14.0 miles)
Saunders Quarry, Pyrmont quarries, Pyrmont, City of Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 52' 8" S	151° 11' 24" E	23.2km (14.4 miles)
McCaffreys Quarry, Pyrmont quarries, Pyrmont, City of Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 52' 7" S	151° 11' 29" E	23.2km (14.4 miles)
Pyrmont quarries, Pyrmont, City of Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 52' 9" S	151° 11' 32" E	23.3km (14.5 miles)
Beacon Hill Quarry, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 45' 14" S	151° 15' 49" E	24.5km (15.2 miles)
St. Peters, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 55' 15" S	151° 8' 40" E	24.8km (15.4 miles)
Oatley Park, Oatley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 58' 50" S	151° 3' 43" E	28.1km (17.5 miles)
Turimetta Beach, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 41' 55" S	151° 18' 35" E	28.9km (18.0 miles)
Boral Badgerys Creek Brickworks, Badgerys Creek, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 53' 50" S	150° 45' 7" E	29.3km (18.2 miles)
Marri Lake, Castlereagh, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 42' 48" S	150° 40' 51" E	29.6km (18.4 miles)
Emu Plains Quarry, Emu Plains, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 44' 17" S	150° 40' 29" E	30.1km (18.7 miles)
Loveridge & Hudson quarry, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 52' 53" S	151° 16' 52" E	30.8km (19.1 miles)
Woy Woy Council Quarry, Woy Woy, Northumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	33° 30' 24" S	151° 17' 27" E	36.9km (22.9 miles)
Allsands Quarry, Kurnell, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	34° 1' 51" S	151° 11' 27" E	37.5km (23.3 miles)
Wanda Beach, Cronulla, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	34° 2' 32" S	151° 9' 47" E	37.5km (23.3 miles)

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Pennant Hills Quarry, Dundas Valley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia

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Pennant Hills Quarry, Dundas Valley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia

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Pennant Hills Quarry, Dundas Valley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Australia	Country
Lachlan Orogen, Australia	Orogen
Eastern Province, Lachlan Orogen, Australia	Geologic Province
New South Wales, Australia	State
Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia	County
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	City
Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia	Basin
Australian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Sydney-Surat Basin, Australian Plate	Volcanic Arc

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Australia, New South Wales, Baulkham Hills - Central	15.5.125.0.0.0

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