Box Head

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Box Head | city = Central Coast | state = nsw | image = File:Box Head - panoramio (12).jpg | caption = View of Tallow Beach | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 | lga = {{NSWcity|Central Coast Council|b1=on}} | postcode = 2257 | pop = | elevation = 93 | area = | est = | parish = Kincumber | stategov = Terrigal | fedgov = Robertson | dist1 = 23 | dir1 = S | location1 = Gosford | dist2 = 11 | dir2 = SSE | location2 = Woy Woy | dist3 = 95 | dir3 = NNE | location3 = Sydney | near-nw = Wagstaffe | near-n = Pretty Beach | near-ne = Killcare | near-w = ''Broken Bay'' | near-e = ''Tasman Sea'' | near-sw = ''Lion Island'' | near-s = ''Tasman Sea'' | near-se = ''Tasman Sea'' }}

'''Box Head''' is a coastal locality in the Central Coast Council local government area located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=KWwGvqUlan|title=Box Head}}</ref> It is within Bouddi National Park which includes the island of Lion Island.

Box has a close proximity to several beaches, including Iron Ladder Beach, Lobster Beach and Tallow Beach.<ref name=ubd>{{cite book|title=Central Coast Street Directory|edition=13|year=2003|author=UBD|publisher=Universal Press|isbn=0-7319-1475-9|no-pp=true|page=Map 117}}</ref> The headland itself marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay from the Tasman Sea. Box Head refers to the large headland that viewed from the ocean resembles a box.

==History==

This part of the coastland was first sighted by Europeans under James Cook, who named features of the area such as Cape Three Points and Broken Bay following his discovery of Botany Bay in Sydney.

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{{Coord|-33.549|151.351|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=title}} {{Suburbs of Central Coast (New South Wales)}}

Category:Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) Category:Headlands of New South Wales