Swan Island
Swan Island is a 1.4 km2 sand barrier island which, with Duck Island and the Edwards Point spit, separate Swan Bay from Port Phillip in Victoria, Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Duck Island and Pope’s Eye.
Duck Island
Island
Duck Island, a small barrier island, lies 1.5 km north of Swan Island and south of Edwards Point in the main entrance to Swan Bay from Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia. Duck Island is situated 3 km north of Swan Island.
Pope’s Eye
Islet
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.
Pope's Eye is the uncompleted foundation for an island fort intended to defend the entrance to Port Phillip in the state of Victoria, Australia. The undefined area of the fort, generally assessed at 4 hectares, is one of six separate areas that comprise the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and is a popular site for divers. Pope’s Eye is situated 3½ km southeast of Swan Island.
Queenscliff railway station
Railway stop
Queenscliff railway station was the terminus of the Queenscliff branch line in Victoria, Australia, which left the main Warrnambool line near South Geelong station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queenscliff and Point Nepean National Park.
Queenscliff
Photo: andrewkneebone, CC BY 2.0.
Queenscliff is an historic maritime community perched on a small spit of land in the south-eastern most corner of the Bellarine Peninsula. Located in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria, the town was settled only a few years after Melbourne, and is characterised by its strong European heritage, maritime and seafaring character and its lasting connection to the sea.
Point Nepean National Park
Photo: Junedee Balili, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Point Nepean National Park is a national park in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Point Nepean National Park.
St Leonards
Town
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St Leonards is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated 33 kilometres east of Geelong, at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, and north of Swan Bay. St Leonards is situated 10 km north of Swan Island.
Swan Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Borough of Queenscliffe, Australia
- Category: landform
- Location: Borough of Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Swan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swan Island (pulo sa Awstralya, State of Victoria)”
- Cebuano: “Swan Island”
- Chinese: “天鹅岛”
- Italian: “Swan Island”
- Swedish: “Swan Island”
- Turkish: “Swan Adası (VI)”
- Turkish: “Swan Island”
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