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Balaclava

Balaclava is an inner suburb in , Victoria, , 7 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the local government area.
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Photo: Biatch, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb with 5,390 residents
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Balaclava, Victoria” and “Balaclava, Victoria, Australia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balaclava railway station, Melbourne and St Kilda Town Hall.

Railway station
Photo: Alex1991, Public domain.
Balaclava station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the south-eastern suburb of Balaclava, in , Victoria, Australia.

Town hall
Photo: Jjron, GFDL.
is a grand, classically styled city hall, located on the corner of Brighton Road and Carlisle Street in , .

Railway station
Photo: Josh Parris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ripponlea station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Sandringham line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the suburb of in , Victoria, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Kilda and Stonnington.

Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a vibrant beachside suburb of Port Phillip, in south-eastern inner , . St. Kilda is famous for its beach life and the bar and restaurant scene along Fitzroy Street.

Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
ġ is an area and municipality in , just southeast of the . It includes the main centres of South Yarra, Prahran and Toorak. This is the posh part of Melbourne and its most expensive place to live.

Photo: Jjron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The southeast of Melbourne is an eclectic mix of multicultural suburbs offering flavourful Asian and European foods and quaint seaside towns in which to relax.

Balaclava

Latitude
-37.87029° or 37° 52′ 13″ south
Longitude
144.99474° or 144° 59′ 41″ east
Population
5,390
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
4RJ64XHV+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2154411635
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2177207
Wiki­data ID
Q4849747
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Balaclava” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Balaclava (bahin nga lungsod)”
  • Cebuano: “Balaclava”
  • French: “Balaclava”
  • Hebrew: “בלקלאווה, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “בלקלווה, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “בלקלווה”
  • Irish: “Balaclava”
  • Persian: “بالاکلاوا، ویکتوریا”
  • Spanish: “Balaclava (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “Balaclava”
  • Swedish: “Balaclava (del av en befolkad plats)”
  • Swedish: “Balaclava, Victoria”
  • Swedish: “Balaclava”
  • Turkish: “Balaclava”
  • Ukrainian: “Балаклава”
  • “Balaclava”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balaclava”. Photo: Biatch, Public domain.