Fort Nepean (Bunkers)

Fort Nepean (Bunkers) is a bunker in Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Fort Nepean (Bunkers) is situated nearby to the peak Nepean Hill, as well as near Gun Emplacement 6.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Nepean and Cheviot Beach.

Fort Nepean

Castle

Photo: Honk squeak, Public domain.

Fort Nepean is a former defensive facility occupying part of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia. It was part of a network of fortifications, commanded from Fort Queenscliff, protecting the narrow entrance to Port Phillip.

Cheviot Beach

Beach

Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS Cheviot, which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887. Cheviot Beach is situated 1½ km southeast of Fort Nepean (Bunkers).

Point Nepean Quarantine Station

Park

Photo: Timsabo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Point Nepean Quarantine Station is a former quarantine station and former military training facility, located on approximately 526 hectares, on Coleman Road in Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Point Nepean Quarantine Station is situated 4 km east of Fort Nepean (Bunkers).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Nepean National Park and Queenscliff.

Point Nepean National Park

Photo: Junedee Balili, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Point Nepean National Park is a national park in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. There are 70 registered Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Point Nepean National Park.

Queenscliff

Photo: andrewkneebone, CC BY 2.0.

Queenscliff is an historic maritime community perched on a small spit of land in the south-eastern most corner of the Bellarine Peninsula. Located in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria, the town was settled only a few years after Melbourne, and is characterised by its strong European heritage, maritime and seafaring character and its lasting connection to the sea.

Fort Nepean (Bunkers)

Type: Bunker
Categories: building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.30347° or 38° 18′ 13″ south

Longitude

144.65297° or 144° 39′ 11″ east

Open location code

4RH6MMW3+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2491096248

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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