Cape Otway Lighthouse

Cape Otway Lighthouse is a lighthouse on in southern Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's oldest working lighthouse. During winter to spring, the lighthouse is a vantage point for land-based whale watching as migrating whales swim very close to shores.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: lighthouse in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: Cape Otway Lightstation

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Otway.

Locality
is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the .

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Latitude
-38.85678° or 38° 51′ 24″ south
Longitude
143.51182° or 143° 30′ 43″ east
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
4RH54GV6+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 533892694
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11101644
Wiki­data ID
Q5034981
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