Peace Park

The Canberra Peace Park or Peace Park is beside between the lake and the , in , the national capital of .
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as: “Canberra Peace Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Australia and Questacon.

Library
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing…

Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
– The National Science and Technology Centre is a science centre in , Australia. It has more than 200 interactive exhibits related to science and technology, and is a popular location for school excursions Australia-wide.

Arts center
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia and one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parliamentary Triangle and Acton Peninsula.

Neighborhood
Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.
The National Triangle, also known as the , is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most important buildings.

Locality
The is located on the northern shore of , in the centre of , the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the and excavating around it to create the desired shape.

Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , and Lake Burley Griffin.

Peace Park

Latitude
-35.29554° or 35° 17′ 44″ south
Longitude
149.13128° or 149° 7′ 53″ east
Elevation
564 metres (1,850 feet)
Inception
1990
Open location code
4RPFP43J+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 207466757
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
8160705
Wiki­data ID
Q5031275
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Satellite Map

Discover Peace Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peace Park” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Peace Park (parke sa Awstralya, Australian Capital Territory)”
  • Cebuano: “Peace Park”
  • Swedish: “Peace Park”

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Localities in the Area

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