Nelson
Nelson is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the mouth of the Glenelg River and Discovery Bay, a few kilometres from the South Australian border, and 422 kilometres west of Melbourne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 149 residents
- Description: town in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Nelson, Victoria” and “Nelson, Victoria, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glenelg River.
Glenelg River
River
Photo: Spewmaster, Public domain.
The Glenelg River, a perennial river of the Glenelg Hopkins catchment, is located in the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia. The river rises in the Grampian Ranges and flows generally north, then west, then south, for over 350 kilometres, making the river the longest river in south-west Victoria and third longest overall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donovans.
Donovans
Village
Donovans is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east on the Glenelg River adjoining the border with the state of Victoria. Donovans is situated 6 km northwest of Nelson.
Nelson
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Shire of Glenelg, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.04724° or 38° 2′ 50″ southLongitude
141.00637° or 141° 0′ 23″ eastPopulation
149Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
4RH3X234+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 583007059OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2155571Wikidata ID
Q3337944
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Nelson” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nelson”
- Cebuano: “Nelson”
- Chinese: “奶路臣”
- Dutch: “Nelson”
- French: “Nelson”
- Persian: “نلسون”
- Swedish: “Nelson, Victoria”
- Swedish: “Nelson”
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