page_title: Yorkeys Knob, Queensland
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Yorkeys Knob, Queensland / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north along the Esplanade towards the "knob", Yorks Knob, 2018
context_page_description: Yorkeys Knob is a coastal suburb of Cairns, in Cairns Region, Far North Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 13 kilometres north of the centre of Cairns, and is the third beach suburb after Machans Beach and Holloways Beach.
context_section_description: Yorkeys Knob is a coastal suburb with predominantly low-lying land (less than 10 metres above sea level) with the exception of the hill (known as Yorkeys Knob) rising to 60 metres on the coast at Yorkeys Point. The northern part of the suburb near the coast is residential, but the majority of the land use is rural, mainly used for growing sugarcane. There is a long, sandy beach along the Coral Sea.
  The Finfish Group operate a  17 hectare pond farm (called Ponderosa) which is capable of producing 350 tonnes of fish per annum. They principally raise giant grouper fish as they are fast growing with a high commercial value.
  The suburb is bounded by the Coral Sea to the north, Thomatis Creek to the east, Captain Cook Highway to the south, and Half Moon Creek to the north-west.
caption: Looking north along the Esplanade towards the "knob", Yorks Knob, 2018
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