Melbourne Zoo
Melbourne Zoo is a zoo in Melbourne, Australia. It is located within Royal Park in Parkville, approximately 4 kilometres north of the centre of Melbourne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Melbourne Zoological Gardens”, “Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens”, “The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens”, and “Zoological Gardens”
- Address: 1 Elliott Avenue
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Park and Parkville Stadium.
Royal Park
Park
Photo: Tirin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Royal Park is the largest of Melbourne's inner city parks. It is located four kilometres north of the Melbourne CBD, in Victoria, Australia, in the suburb of Parkville. Royal Park is situated 260 metres southwest of Melbourne Zoo.
Parkville Stadium
Sports venue
Photo: Aceboy, Public domain.
Parkville Stadium, also referred to as Melbourne Sports Centres – Parkville and previously known as the State Netball Hockey Centre, is a multipurpose sporting facility located in Melbourne, Australia. Parkville Stadium is situated 380 metres west of Melbourne Zoo.
Monash University
University
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monash University, Parkville campus is a campus of Monash University, located in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Monash University is situated 590 metres east of Melbourne Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inner north and Little Italy.
Inner north
Melbourne's inner north is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of Melbourne. It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades. Chinatown is situated 3½ km southeast of Melbourne Zoo.
Melbourne Zoo
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.78461° or 37° 47′ 5″ southLongitude
144.95195° or 144° 57′ 7″ eastElevation
85 metres (279 feet)Operator
Zoos VictoriaOpen location code
4RJ66X82+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1364444691OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooGeoNames ID
8163188Wikidata ID
Q578027
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Melbourne Zoo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “墨尔本动物园”
- Chinese: “墨爾本公園”
- Chinese: “墨爾本動物園”
- Dutch: “Melbourne Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات ملبورن”
- Esperanto: “Zoo de Melburno”
- Finnish: “Melbournen eläintarha”
- French: “jardin zoologique royal de Melbourne”
- French: “Jardin zoologique royal de Melbourne”
- French: “Zoo de Melbourne”
- German: “Melbourne Zoo”
- Greek: “Ζωολογικός κήπος της Μελβούρνης”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות של מלבורן”
- Hebrew: “הגנים הזואולוגיים המלכותיים במלבורן”
- Hebrew: “הגנים הזואולוגיים המלכותיים של מלבורן”
- Hindi: “मेलबॉर्न चिड़ियाघर”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Binatang Melbourne”
- Irish: “Zú Melbourne”
- Italian: “zoo di Melbourne”
- Italian: “Zoo di Melbourne”
- Japanese: “メルボルン動物園”
- Korean: “멜버른 동물원”
- Polish: “Melbourne Zoo”
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Melbourne”
- Russian: “Мельбурнский зоопарк”
- Turkish: “Melbourne Hayvanat Bahçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Мельбурнський зоопарк”
- Vietnamese: “Sở thú Melbourne”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Parkville and Princes Hill.
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