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Section 23 Weipa pilotage area

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

The Weipa pilotage area is the area of—

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the western tip of Jantz Point (west of Duyfken Point)

• then in a southerly direction to the high-water mark at the western tip of Boyd Point

• then by the high-water mark in a northerly direction 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).

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

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