Pope’s Eye
Pope's Eye is the uncompleted foundation for an island fort intended to defend the entrance to Port Phillip in the state of Victoria, Australia. The undefined area of the fort, generally assessed at 4 hectares, is one of six separate areas that comprise the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and is a popular site for divers.Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chinaman’s Hat and Queenscliff railway station.
Chinaman’s Hat
Photo: Davido321, Public domain.
Chinaman's Hat is an octagonal structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip, in the Australian state of Victoria, which serves as a shipping channel marker and haul-out for local brown fur seals. Chinaman’s Hat is situated 3 km southeast of Pope’s Eye.
Queenscliff railway station
Railway stop
Queenscliff railway station was the terminus of the Queenscliff branch line in Victoria, Australia, which left the main Warrnambool line near South Geelong station. Queenscliff railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Pope’s Eye.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queenscliff and 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.
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.
Pope’s Eye
- Type: Islet
- Description: uncompleted foundation for an island fort at Port Philip, Victoria, Australia
- Categories: fixed construction, sea fort, tourism, breakwater, tourist attraction, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.27666° or 38° 16′ 36″ southLongitude
144.69865° or 144° 41′ 55″ eastOpen location code
4RH6PMFX+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 22916079OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=breakwaterOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7229136
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In Other Languages
“Pope’s Eye” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “教皇之眼”
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