Gold Coast may refer to:

Places

Africa

Gold Coast (region) The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana. Etymology and position The Gold Coast, ...

, in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: **

Portuguese Gold Coast The Portuguese Gold Coast was a Portuguese colony on the West African Gold Coast (present-day Ghana) along the Gulf of Guinea. Established in 1482, the colony was officially incorporated into Dutch territory in 1642 following Portugal’s def ...

(Portuguese, 1482–1642) **

Dutch Gold Coast The Dutch Gold Coast or Dutch Guinea, officially Dutch possessions on the Coast of Guinea ( Dutch: ''Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guinea'') was a portion of contemporary Ghana that was gradually colonized by the Dutch, beginning in 161 ...

(Dutch, 1598–1872) ** Swedish Gold Coast (Swedes, 1650–1658; 1660–1663) **

Danish Gold Coast The Danish Gold Coast ( da, Danske Guldkyst or ''Dansk Guinea'') comprised the colonies that Denmark–Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the Gold Coast (roughly present-day southeast Ghana), which is on the Gulf of Guinea. It was coloni ...

(Denmark-Norway, 1658–1850) **

Brandenburger Gold Coast The Brandenburger Gold Coast, later Prussian Gold Coast, was a part of the Gold Coast. The Brandenburg colony existed from 1682 to 1721, when King Frederick William I of Prussia sold it for 7200 ducats to the Dutch Republic. Brandenburger Go ...

and Prussian Gold Coast (Germans, 1682–1721) **

Gold Coast (British colony) The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana. The term Gold Coast is also often used to describe all of the four separate jurisdictions that were under the a ...

(English, 1821–1957)

Asia

* Hong Kong Gold Coast, a private housing estate in Hong Kong

Australia

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the na ...

, a city in the state of Queensland **

City of Gold Coast The City of Gold Coast is the local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and surrounding areas. With a population of 606,774 it is the second most populous local government area in Australia (City of Brisbane being th ...

, a local government area spanning the Gold Coast and surrounding areas **

Gold Coast Parklands The Gold Coast Parklands was a complex serving the Greyhound racing in Australia, greyhound racing and harness racing industries on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It opened on 7 December 1988 on the corner of Smith Street and Parklands D ...

, a greyhound and harness racing complex in Queensland **

Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens The Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, formerly known as the Rosser Park Regional Botanic Gardens, and before that simply Rosser Park, are located on Ashmore Road, Benowa, Gold Coast, Australia. The south-west boundary of the park extends d ...

, in Benowa, Gold Coast **

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...

, an NRL team **

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...

, an AFL team **

Gold Coast United FC Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Un ...

, a former A-League team

Europe

Costa Daurada The Costa Daurada (, es, Costa Dorada, meaning in English "Golden Coast") is an area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, between Cunit and Alcanar on the Mediterranean Sea. Its traditional banks are the deltas of the Foix and Ebro rivers, althoug ...

, an area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain *

Goldcoast (Switzerland) The so-called Swiss Goldcoast (Ger. Goldküste) is the name given to the lower eastern shore of the Lake of Zürich. This prosperous region lies on the north-eastern shore of the lake and thus benefits from the evening sun. The Goldcoast is noted ...

, the lower eastern shore of the Lake of Zürich * "Gold Coast", a popular name for the harbour street and amusement mile "Schiffbrücke" in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

, Germany

North America

Gold Coast, California Ventura County () is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxna ...

, a nickname for Ventura, California, U.S. *

Gold Coast, Orange County The Orange Coast is the string of cities and neighborhoods fronting the Pacific Coast in Orange County, California. From northwest to southeast, these cities are Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point and San Cle ...

, a region also called Orange Coast in California, US *

Gold Coast (Connecticut) The Gold Coast, also known as Lower Fairfield County or Southwestern Connecticut not limited to the Connecticut panhandle, is an affluent part of Western Connecticut that includes the entire southern portion of Fairfield County as defined by t ...

, the southern portion of Fairfield County, Connecticut, US *

Gold Coast (New Jersey) The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contigu ...

, U.S *

Gold Coast (Washington) The Gold Coast is an affluent area in Seattle's Eastside suburbs. It includes Clyde Hill, Medina, Yarrow Point and Hunts Point. Each of these municipalities ranked in Business Week's 2010 list of most expensive small towns in America. Sometim ...

, U.S *

Gold Coast, Long Island The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound. Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, ...

, a nickname for the North Shore, New York, US *

Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago) The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighb ...

, Illinois, US *

Gold Coast Historic District (Omaha, Nebraska) The Gold Coast Historic District is located in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, this historic district covers approximately a 30 block area roughly bounded by 36th, 40th, Jones, and Cuming Stre ...

, US **

Old Gold Coast Old Gold Coast is the name of a historic district in south Omaha, Nebraska. With South 10th Street as the central artery, the area was home to neighborhoods such as Little Italy and Forest Hill. The area is referred to as "old" because it was repl ...

, Omaha, Nebraska, US *

Lakewood Gold Coast The Gold Coast is a lakefront neighborhood of the city of Lakewood, Ohio, United States. Visible from Downtown Cleveland, the Gold Coast consists of many highrise condo and apartment towers directly along the coasts of Lake Erie Lake Erie ( ...

, Ohio, US * The

Miami metropolitan area The Miami metropolitan area (also known as Greater Miami, the Tri-County Area, South Florida, or the Gold Coast) is the ninth largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the List of largest cities, 34th largest metropolitan ar ...

, which is nicknamed Florida's Gold Coast

South America

Costa de Oro Costa de Oro is a long group of resort towns and beaches in Canelones Department, Uruguay, east of the Ciudad de la Costa.Ocumare de la Costa de Oro Municipality The Ocumare de la Costa de Oro Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a po ...

, a municipality in Venezuela

Art, entertainment, and media

Broadcasting

Gold Coast Broadcasting Point Broadcasting LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Ventura, California. The company is the owner of several radio groups in Southern California, doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC in the Oxnard—Ventura radio ma ...

, a radio broadcasting company in California, United States

Literature

* ''Gold Coast'' (novel), a 1980 novel by Elmore Leonard * ''The Gold Coast'' (Robinson novel), a 1988 novel by Kim Stanley Robinson * ''The Gold Coast'' (DeMille novel), a 1990 novel by Nelson DeMille

Music

* ''Gold Coast'' (album), a 1977 album by John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden

Periodicals

* ''Gold Coast'' (magazine), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US * ''

Gold Coast Bulletin The ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' is a daily newspaper serving Australia's Gold Coast region. It is published as ''The Gold Coast Bulletin'' on weekdays and the ''Weekend Bulletin'' at weekends. It is owned by News Corp Australia. History The ...

'', the principal daily newspaper of Australia's Gold Coast City * '' Gold Coast Mail'', a newspaper published in Queensland, Australia

Sports

Australia

Gold Coast Blaze The Gold Coast Blaze were an Australian men's professional basketball team which competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007–08. The club was based on the Gold Coast and joined the ...

, a former basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). *

Gold Coast Blue Tongues The Gold Coast Blue Tongues (formerly the Brisbane Blue Tongues) was a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Bundall, Queensland, Australia. The team was a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Blue Tongues were founded in ...

, a former semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League * Gold Coast Breakers, a rugby union club, based at Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland *

Gold Coast Chargers The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership ...

, a former rugby league club in New South Wales *

Gold Coast Classic (tennis) The Gold Coast Classic was a professional golf tournament played at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club in northern New South Wales, Australia. It was held from 1978 to 1983. From 1979 to 1983 it was sponsored by Tooth and Co., a beer brewery, ...

, a precursor to the Brisbane International tournament, Queensland, Australia *

Gold Coast Clippers The Gold Coast Clippers were a foundation team in the now defunct Australian Baseball League. The Clippers changed their name to the Daikyo Dolphins following the signing of a major sponsorship deal with Daikyo to create one of the strongest te ...

, a foundation team in the now-defunct Australian Baseball League *

Gold Coast Cougars The Gold Coast Cougars were the re-branded Daikyo Dolphins after major sponsor Daikyo had to end sponsorship of the team due to financial problems with the Australian arm of the company. History See also *Sport in Australia * Australian ...

, a former Australian baseball team *

Gold Coast Football Club The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since the ...

, a football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) * Gold Coast Hawks, a team in the

Bowls Premier League The Bowls Premier League (BPL) is a biannual bowls competition involving teams from around Australia. The competition was founded in 2013 as a way to popularise the sport by presenting in a modernised format, using the term "made-for-television" ...

in Australia and New Zealand *

Gold Coast Marathon The Gold Coast Marathon is an annual road marathon on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, first held in 1979. Marketed as "Australia's premier road race", the marathon is the only race in Australia to hold World Athletics Label status. ...

, a race on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia *

Gold Coast Rollers (NBL) The Gold Coast Rollers are a defunct basketball team from Gold Coast, Queensland that competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team entered the NBL in 1990 as the Gold Coast Cougars, but for the 1991 season, they were renamed th ...

, a former basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL) *

Gold Coast Rollers (QBL) Gold Coast Rollers is a NBL1 North club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 North. The club is a division of Gold Coast City Regional Basketball Association, the major administrative basket ...

, a basketball team in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) *

, a rugby league football club the National Rugby League (NRL) *

, an A-League football team based on the Gold Coast *

Gold Coast Vikings The Gold Coast Vikings was a rugby league team representing the Gold Coast Rugby League Competition, where the best players of the competition get selected to play for the Vikings. They used to compete in the Queensland State League (from 19 ...

, a rugby league team that competed in the Queensland State League and the Queensland Cup competitions *

Tennis Gold Coast Tennis Gold Coast is the governing body for the sport of tennis in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The organisation is based in Southport, Queensland in Australia. Famous players from the Gold Coast are players such as Samantha Stosur and Bernard T ...

, the governing body for the sport of tennis in the Gold Coast, Queensland

Sports in other places

Golden Coast Conference The Golden Coast Conference (GCC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States in which its members compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate (D-NC) division. The conference sponsors one sport, water ...

, a U.S. college sports conference *

Gold Coast Suns (baseball) The Gold Coast Suns was one of the eight original franchises that played in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in its inaugural 1989 season. The club split their home games between the cities of Miami and Pompano Beach in Florida.

, a team in the Senior Professional Baseball Association, Florida, US

Structures

Gold Coast Hospital Gold Coast Hospital, located at 98–136 Nerang Street, Southport was, from 1960 to 2013 a major teaching and referral hospital and the third largest in Queensland. The Gold Coast Hospital had one of the busiest emergency departments in the s ...

, a former hospital in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia * Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada, US *

Gold Coast Stadium (disambiguation) Gold Coast Stadium may refer to: * Carrara Stadium, an oval ground in the suburb of Carrara, Queensland * Robina Stadium Robina Stadium, also known by its sponsored name Cbus Super Stadium, is a rectangular football stadium in the Gold Coa ...

Transportation

Gold Coast Airport Gold Coast Airport (formerly known as Coolangatta Airport) is an international Australian airport located at the southern end of the Gold Coast and approximately south of centre of Brisbane, within South East Queensland agglomeration. Th ...

, an Australian domestic and international airport on the Gold Coast * Gold Coast Highway, an Australian highway *

Gold Coast Oceanway The Gold Coast Oceanway is a foreshoreway for use by pedestrians and cyclists along the Gold Coast, Queensland, connecting the Point Danger lighthouse on the New South Wales and Queensland border to the Gold Coast Seaway. The network includes ...

, a shared use pedestrian and cyclist pathway between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia *

Gold Coast railway line The Gold Coast railway line is an interurban railway line operated by Queensland Rail in Queensland, Australia, connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. The line currently includes stops at 17 stations. In 2021, a journey from Central stat ...

, connects Brisbane with the Queensland Gold Coast in Australia *

Gold Coast Rapid Transit G:link, also known as the Gold Coast Light Rail, is a light rail system serving the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, and is the sole light rail system in Queensland. The system forms part of the TransLink's South East Queensland publi ...

, a proposed rail transportation system for Queensland, Australia * Gold Coast Seaway, the main shipping channel for the Gold Coast Broadwater in Australia * ''Gold Coast'' (train), a passenger train in the United States *

Gold Coast Transit Gold Coast Transit District, formerly known as South Coast Area Transit (SCAT), is a local bus operator in western Ventura County, California, serving Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ojai, and the adjoining areas of unincorporated Ventura County. ...

, a bus operator in California, United States

Vessels

* HMS ''Gold Coast'', a name held briefly by the British frigate HMS ''Labuan''