Point Franklin
Point Franklin is a cape in Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Point Franklin is situated nearby to the suburb Portsea, as well as near Sorrento.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chinaman’s Hat and Continental Hotel.
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.
Point Franklin
- Type: Cape
- Description: point in Australia
- Categories: point and landform
- Location: Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.31791° or 38° 19′ 5″ southLongitude
144.71852° or 144° 43′ 7″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
4RH6MPJ9+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9150414281OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Point Franklin” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Point Franklin”
- Swedish: “Point Franklin (udde i Australien, Victoria, Mornington Peninsula)”
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