Police Point

Police Point is a cape in Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Police Point is situated nearby to the suburb Portsea, as well as near the locality Entrance Beacon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Nepean Quarantine Station and Cheviot Beach.

Point Nepean Quarantine Station

Park

Photo: Timsabo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Point Nepean Quarantine Station is a former quarantine station and former military training facility, located on approximately 526 hectares, on Coleman Road in Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.

Cheviot Beach

Beach

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

Chinaman’s Hat

Photo: Davido321, Public domain.

Chinaman's Hat is an octagonal structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip, in the Australian state of Victoria, which serves as a shipping channel marker and haul-out for local brown fur seals.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Nepean National Park and Queenscliff.

Point Nepean National Park

Photo: Junedee Balili, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Point Nepean National Park is a national park in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Point Nepean National Park.

Queenscliff

Photo: andrewkneebone, CC BY 2.0.

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

Police Point

Type: Cape
Categories: point and landform
Location: Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.31552° or 38° 18′ 56″ south

Longitude

144.70505° or 144° 42′ 18″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

4RH6MPM4+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9150414280

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2207571

Wikidata ID

Q21923234

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Police Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Police Point”
Swedish: “Police Point (udde i Australien, Victoria)”

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Highlights include Police Point Lookout and Police Point Shire Park.

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