Australia
Victoria
Hobsons Bay

Altona

Altona is a suburb in , Victoria, , 13 km south-west of Melbourne's , located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Australia
  • Also known as: “Altona Homestead”, “Altona, Victoria”, and “Altona, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Altona Beach and Altona railway station.

Beach
Photo: Jjron, Public domain.
is a beach located in Altona, Victoria, . A long is located towards the middle of the beach. From late November through to around Easter each year, volunteers from the Altona Lifesaving Club patrol the beach on the eastern side of the pier. is situated 220 metres south of Altona.

Railway station
Photo: Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altona station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the south-western suburb of the same name, in , Victoria, Australia. is situated 250 metres north of Altona.

Railway station
Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaholme station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee line, which is a part of Melbourne's rail network. It serves the western suburb of in , Victoria, Australia. is situated 1 km east of Altona.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Western suburbs.

Photo: Rexness, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The of include the areas of Airport West, Caroline Springs, Essendon, Kensington, Flemington, Footscray, Keilor, Melton, Point Cook, Sunshine, Sydenham, Werribee, Williamstown and Yarraville.

Altona

Latitude
-37.86944° or 37° 52′ 10″ south
Longitude
144.82927° or 144° 49′ 45″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU ALT
Open location code
4RJ64RJH+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 520927339
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2177992
Wiki­data ID
Q443946
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Altona” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Altona”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞州阿爾托納區”
  • Dutch: “Altona (Victoria)”
  • Dutch: “Altona”
  • French: “Altona”
  • German: “Altona”
  • Hebrew: “אלטונה, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “אלטונה”
  • Irish: “Altona”
  • Japanese: “アルトナ (ビクトリア州)”
  • Malay: “Altona, Victoria”
  • Persian: “آلتونا، ویکتوریا”
  • Portuguese: “Altona (Vitória)”
  • Portuguese: “Altona”
  • Russian: “Алтона”
  • Spanish: “Altona (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “Altona”
  • Swedish: “Altona (del av en befolkad plats i Australien, Victoria)”
  • Swedish: “Altona, Victoria”
  • Urdu: “الٹونا، وکٹوریہ”
  • “Altona”

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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 “Altona”. Photo: JohnnoShadbolt, CC BY 2.5.