Australia
Victoria
Shire of Corangamite

The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of , by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, . Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: island group in Australia
  • Also known as: “Sow and Pigs”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Campbell National Park and Island Archway.

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is a Victorian national park in the of along the Great Ocean Road. The park is home to the natural icon of Victoria, the 12 Apostles as well as numerous other limestone formations in the area.

Islet
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was a 25 metre high, naturally formed rock arch that lay off Loch Ard Gorge, a bay on the south coast of Victoria, Australia. The gate collapsed on 10 June 2009.

Beach
Photo: Th3858, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Campbell.

Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in Victoria, . The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the . At the 2016 census, had a population of 478.

The Twelve Apostles

Latitude
-38.66046° or 38° 39′ 38″ south
Longitude
143.09204° or 143° 5′ 31″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
4RH583QR+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 658654473
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­scenery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8577682
Wiki­data ID
Q475623
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“The Twelve Apostles” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شاطئ الحواريين الاثنى عشر”
  • Armenian: “Տասներկու առաքյալներ”
  • Basque: “Hamabi Apostoluak (Victoria)”
  • Basque: “Hamabi Apostoluak”
  • Bulgarian: “Дванадесетте апостоли”
  • Cebuano: “The Twelve Apostles (mga bato)”
  • Cebuano: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • Chinese: “十二門徒岩”
  • Chinese: “十二門徒石”
  • Czech: “Dvanáct apoštolů”
  • Dutch: “De Twaalf Apostelen”
  • Dutch: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شاطئ الحواريين الاثنى عشر”
  • Esperanto: “Dek Du Apostoloj”
  • Finnish: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • French: “Les Douze Apôtres”
  • French: “Twelve Apostles”
  • Georgian: “თორმეტი მოციქული (ავსტრალია)”
  • Georgian: “თორმეტი მოციქული”
  • German: “Twelve Apostles”
  • German: “Zwölf Apostel”
  • Greek: “Δώδεκα Απόστολοι”
  • Hausa: “Manzanni goma sha biyu (Victoria)”
  • Hausa: “Manzanni goma sha biyu”
  • Hebrew: “שנים-עשר השליחים”
  • Hungarian: “Tizenkét apostol”
  • Indonesian: “Twelve Apostles”
  • Italian: “Dodici apostoli”
  • Italian: “Dodici Apostoli”
  • Japanese: “ザ・トゥエルブ・アポストルズ”
  • Korean: “12사도 바위”
  • Ladin: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • Lithuanian: “Dvylika Apaštalų”
  • Macedonian: “Дванаесет Апостоли”
  • Malay: “The Twelve Apostles, Victoria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De tolv apostler”
  • Norwegian: “De tolv apostler”
  • Persian: “دوازده حواری”
  • Polish: “Dwunastu Apostołów”
  • Russian: “Двенадцать апостолов”
  • Russian: “Двенадцать Апостолов”
  • Serbian: “Дванаест апостола”
  • Spanish: “Los Doce Apostoles”
  • Spanish: “Los Doce Apóstoles”
  • Swedish: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • Turkish: “On İki Havari (Victoria)”
  • Turkish: “On İki Havari”
  • Ukrainian: “Дванадцять Апостолів”
  • Venetian: “Dodici apostoli”
  • Vietnamese: “Mười hai sứ đồ”
  • Vietnamese: “The Twelve Apostles”
  • Waray (Philippines): “An Napulo Kag-duha nga mga Apostoles”
  • Welsh: “Y Deuddeg Apostol”
  • Western Panjabi: “باراں سنگی”
  • Yue Chinese: “十二門徒石”
  • “Twelve Apostles”

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