Fossil Beach
Fossil Beach is a nature reserve in Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Fossil Beach is situated nearby to the suburb Mornington, as well as near Mount Martha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mornington Cemetery and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
Mornington Cemetery
Cemetery
Mornington Cemetery is a cemetery serving the Mornington Peninsula area of Melbourne. It is located at 40 Craigie Rd, Mount Martha. The cemetery was first Surveyed in 1855, and was originally called the Mt.
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Art gallery
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is a public art gallery on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne, Australia. The gallery opened in 1971, and holds both traditional and contemporary Australian art.
The Briars
Park
The Briars is a former homestead in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia, now managed by the Mornington Peninsula Shire as a conservation park. The property was originally established in 1840 by Alexander and Emma Balcombe with a 6,000 acres pastoral licence, later reduced to 1,000 acres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mornington Peninsula.
Mornington Peninsula
Photo: Faj2323, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mornington Peninsula lies south of Melbourne, Australia forming the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.
Fossil Beach
- Type: Nature reserve
- Also known as: “Fossil Beach Geological Reserve” and “Fossil Beach GR”
- Categories: beach and recreation area
- Location: Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.2412° or 38° 14′ 28″ southLongitude
145.02776° or 145° 1′ 40″ eastInception
June 17th, 1997Operator
Committee of ManagementOpen location code
4RH7Q25H+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 666583953OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
2208062Wikidata ID
Q21924313
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fossil Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fossil Beach (lapyahan sa Awstralya, State of Victoria)”
- Cebuano: “Fossil Beach”
- Swedish: “Fossil Beach (strand i Australien, Victoria)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fossil Beds and wash mill, cisterns, settling tanks.
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