Australia
Victoria
Shire of East Gippsland

Buchan

Perched in the hilltops of the Snowy River country, Buchan is a little town in the region of , . With a population of just over 300 people, a town of its size would usually be overlooked by tourists.
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  • Type: Village with 115 residents
  • Description: town in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Buchan, Victoria” and “Buchan, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buchan Caves.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The are a group of limestone caves that include the Royal Cave and the Fairy Cave, located south-west of Buchan, in the region of the state of Victoria.

Buchan

Latitude
-37.4992° or 37° 29′ 57″ south
Longitude
148.1721° or 148° 10′ 20″ east
Population
115
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
Open location code
4RJCG52C+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2018197599
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2173677
Wiki­data ID
Q4982529
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Uzbek—“Buchan” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Buchan”
  • Dutch: “Buchan”
  • French: “Buchan”
  • Persian: “باکن، ویکتوریا”
  • Russian: “Бакан”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакен (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакен”
  • Uzbek: “Bakan (Viktoriya)”
  • Uzbek: “Bakan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Buchan”. Photo: Amanda m wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.