Appleton Dock
Appleton Dock is an international shipping facility in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened in about 1956 by the Melbourne Harbor Trust, and is named after MHT commissioner William Thomas Appleton, who was a staunch advocate of harbour improvements in the early 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bolte Bridge and Swanson Dock.
Bolte Bridge
Bridge
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The Bolte Bridge is a large twin cantilever road bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Bolte Bridge carries a total of eight lanes of traffic – four lanes northbound and four lanes southbound.
Swanson Dock
Dock
Photo: Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swanson Dock is an international shipping facility in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was constructed between 1966 and 1972 by the Melbourne Harbor Trust, leading off the north bank of the Yarra River, to alleviate congestion in the port and provide Melbourne's first container shipping terminal.
Icehouse
Ice rink
Photo: Icecatdriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Icehouse is an Australian ice sports and entertainment centre, located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Docklands and Inner south.
Docklands
Suburb
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.
Inner south
Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.
CBD
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Appleton Dock
- Type: Dock
- Category: transportation
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.81698° or 37° 49′ 1″ southLongitude
144.92254° or 144° 55′ 21″ eastOpen location code
4RJ65WMF+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 4754200411OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dockGeoNames ID
12746744Wikidata ID
Q14935058
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