In lee of West Hill Island lies the 400 m wide mouth of West Hill Creek, with bedrock shore to the north and the northern end of a 6 km long barrier system to the south, 7 km2 of which lies within the West Hill National Park. Two low energy beaches lie either side of the creek mouth, while the barrier is the last relatively high energy beach on this section of coast before the more protected beaches of Broad Sound. Beach 1197 lies on the south side of the creek mouth and is a curving, north facing, 800 m long, low energy beach fronted by sand flats up to 300 m wide, then the deep channel of West Hill Creek. Mangroves dominate both ends of the beach. A small, 20 m high headland forms the western boundary. read more

Beach Length: 0.8km