Portsea

Portsea is a seaside suburb on the in , Victoria, , approximately 60 kilometres south-west of Melbourne's , located within the local government area.
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  • Type: Suburb with 384 residents
  • Description: town in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Portsea, Victoria” and “Portsea, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Nepean Quarantine Station and Cheviot Beach.

Park
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The is a former quarantine station and former military training facility, located on approximately 526 hectares, on Coleman Road in Portsea, on the , in the south eastern suburbs of , in , Australia.

Beach
is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, . It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887. is situated 3 km west of Portsea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Nepean National Park and Queenscliff.

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is a national park in , , . There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the .

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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 region of , the town was settled only a few years after , and is characterised by its strong European heritage, maritime and seafaring character and its lasting connection to the sea.

Portsea

Latitude
-38.32282° or 38° 19′ 22″ south
Longitude
144.70042° or 144° 42′ 2″ east
Population
384
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
4RH6MPG2+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2607427924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2152654
Wiki­data ID
Q7232409
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Portsea” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Portsea”
  • Cebuano: “Portsea”
  • French: “Portsea”
  • German: “Portsea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsea (Victoria)”
  • Norwegian: “Portsea”
  • Persian: “پورتسی”
  • Swedish: “Portsea”
  • Urdu: “پورٹسیا، وکٹوریہ”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Portsea Golf Club and Police Point Shire Park.

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