Cowes
Cowes is the main township on Phillip Island in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Located approximately two hours' drive from Melbourne, it is also accessible from Melbourne by bus or passenger ferry from Stony Point on the Mornington Peninsula.
Photo: Tortoise42, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 6,800 residents
- Description: town in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Cowes, Victoria” and “Cowes, Victoria, Australia”
- Postal code: 3922
Places of Interest
Highlights: Phillip Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wimbledon Heights and Sunset Strip.
Wimbledon Heights
Village
Wimbledon Heights is a small town in the centre of Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. Wimbledon Heights is situated 3½ km south of Cowes.
Sunset Strip
Village
Sunset Strip is a small town on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia. Sunset Strip is situated 6 km southeast of Cowes.
Smiths Beach
Village
Smiths Beach is a small town on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia. Smiths Beach is situated 6 km south of Cowes.
Cowes
- Categories: gazetted locality of Victoria and locality
- Location: Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.45025° or 38° 27′ 1″ south
Longitude
145.23898° or 145° 14′ 20″ east
Population
6,800
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU ESS
Open location code
4RH7G6XQ+WH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Cowes” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Cowes”
- Basque: “Cowes (Victoria)”
- Basque: “Cowes”
- Cebuano: “Cowes”
- Chinese: “高威斯”
- Danish: “Cowes”
- Dutch: “Cowes”
- French: “Cowes”
- German: “Cowes”
- Irish: “Cowes”
- Malagasy: “Cowes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cowes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cowes”
- Norwegian: “Cowes”
- Persian: “کوز ویکتوریا”
- Polish: “Cowes”
- Russian: “Каус”
- Slovenian: “Cowes”
- Spanish: “Cowes”
- Swedish: “Cowes, Victoria”
- Swedish: “Cowes”
- Urdu: “کاؤز، وکٹوریہ”
- “Cowes”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Silverleaves and Tortoise Head.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Grenache and Cowes Post Office.
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