Penguin Encounter
Penguin Encounter is an animal exhibit at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia, featuring king and gentoo penguins.Photo: Phalinn Ooi, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sea World and Leviathan.
Sea World
Theme park
Photo: Tristanb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It offers attractions such as rides and animal exhibits and promotes conservation through education and the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife. Sea World is situated 190 metres north of Penguin Encounter.
Leviathan
Roller coaster
Leviathan is a wooden roller coaster at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is a part of the park's New Atlantis Expansion, and the first new wooden coaster built in Australia in 35 years. Leviathan opened on 2 December 2022. Leviathan is situated 310 metres northeast of Penguin Encounter.
Jet Rescue
Roller coaster
Photo: Forenti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jet Rescue is a steel launched jet ski roller coaster made by Intamin that opened on 26 December 2008 at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia. The ride has a very twisted and banked layout with several fast directional changes. Jet Rescue is situated 430 metres north of Penguin Encounter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Southport.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Shiftchange, CC0.
Gold Coast Chinatown is a precinct in the Gold Coast's suburb of Southport, Queensland, Australia. It is centred on Davenport and Young Streets but also includes the connecting laneways Regent and Davison Lanes and parts of Nerang, Garden and Scarborough Streets.
Southport
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southport is the central business district or business centre of the Gold Coast. Though it is the CBD of the Gold Coast, it is not as bustling as other places in the Gold Coast, and if you happen to be driving through it, there's a good chance you may not even realise you're in the CBD.
Main Beach
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Main Beach is a coastal suburb of the Gold Coast, just north of Surfers Paradise. While it isn't known that well as its southern neighbour, it is still a very popular upscale tourist spot known for its Sea World resort and its long beach.
Penguin Encounter
- Type: Building
- Description: Animal exhibit at Sea World in Australia
- Category: tourist attraction
- Location: City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-27.96011° or 27° 57′ 36″ southLongitude
153.42457° or 153° 25′ 29″ eastLevels
1Operator
Village Roadshow Theme ParksOpen location code
5R4M2CQF+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 95037841OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=animalOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q15265876
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