Acton West Jetty

Acton West Jetty is a pier in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Acton West Jetty is situated nearby to the memorial Peace Pole, as well as near Canberra Beijing Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Library of Australia and Parliament House.

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… National Library of Australia is situated 1 km east of Acton West Jetty.

Parliament House

Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative branch of Australia's federal tier of government. The building also houses the core of the executive, containing the cabinet room and offices of the prime minister and other federal ministers. Parliament House is situated 1 km southeast of Acton West Jetty.

Lennox Gardens

Park

Photo: Ruth Ellison, CC BY 2.0.

Lennox Gardens, a park in Canberra, Australia, lying on the south side of Lake Burley Griffin, close to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Albert Hall in the suburb of Yarralumla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acton Peninsula and Canberra.

Acton Peninsula

Locality

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.

Canberra

Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.

Canberra was built to be the capital city of Australia, taking up all of Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the southeast of New South Wales. A planned city with national monuments, museums, and galleries all built around large man-made lakes.

Acton

Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.

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…

Acton West Jetty

Type: Pier
Category: transportation
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.29908° or 35° 17′ 57″ south

Longitude

149.11822° or 149° 7′ 6″ east

Open location code

4RPFP429+97

OpenStreetMap ID

way 207538499

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

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