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Princetown

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Princetown

Coordinates-38.69°, 143.16°

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City facts

Overview

Princetown is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Ocean Road, east of the Twelve Apostles, in the Corangamite Shire.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-38.6934
Longitude
143.1556
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
20,519
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Superb Fairywren
    Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
    902
  • European Starling
    Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    588
  • Welcome Swallow
    Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
    507
  • Australian Magpie
    Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
    481
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    474
  • Silver Gull
    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
    471
  • Singing Honeyeater
    Gavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
    458
  • Gray Shrikethrush
    Colluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1802) · Aves
    426

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
4
Largest magnitude
4.8
Largest event
2023-10-21

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Victoria

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
4.26
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,555

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
127
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Official Identifiers

ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics

ASGS 2021
SAL22123
Population (Wikidata)
236
Wikidata
Q2544773

ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics — ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112