Acton Peninsula
The Acton Peninsula is located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the Molonglo River and excavating around it to create the desired shape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Library of Australia and Springbank Island.
National Library of Australia
Library
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Australia, formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing…
Springbank Island
Islet
Photo: Percita Dittmar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springbank Island is an island located on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Springbank Island is named after a former agricultural property that was partially submerged to create Lake Burley Griffin.
Australian Academy of Science
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Australian Academy of Science is a scientific academy. It was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London, after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acton and Civic.
Acton
Acton is a small affluent suburb west of Civic and is Canberra's university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…
Civic
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra's downtown area, Civic is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Civic Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of North Canberra, Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.
Black Mountain Peninsula
Locality
Black Mountain Peninsula, located in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of the capital Canberra, is a prominent area on the western region of Lake Burley Griffin. It is popular for water recreation and picnics.
Acton Peninsula
- Type: Locality
- Description: peninsula on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.29006° or 35° 17′ 24″ southLongitude
149.11739° or 149° 7′ 3″ eastOpen location code
4RPFP458+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2172658804OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q4677681
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Acton Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿克頓半島”
- Turkish: “Acton Yarımadası”
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