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Swan Bay
Victoriahamlet
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Swan Bay is a bounded rural coastal locality of the City of Greater Geelong between Queenscliff and St Leonards, Australia. It is bounded in the west by Portarlington-Queenscliff Road, in the north by Anderson Road, in the east by an offshore line across Swan Bay excluding Swan Island, and in the south by the coastline abutting Queenscliff.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves7,438
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves7,357
- Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves6,279
- Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves5,940
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves5,443
- Little RavenCorvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves5,016
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves4,895
- Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves4,809
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.8 — 2023-05-285 km W of Mickleham, Australia
- M 2.9 — 2021-11-054 km S of Rosebud, Australia
- M 2.8 — 2015-03-103 km NNE of Pakenham, Australia
- M 3.6 — 2014-12-034 km SW of Pakenham, Australia
- M 2.8 — 2014-01-131 km SSE of Lilydale, Australia
- M 3.1 — 2013-05-017 km NW of Clifton Springs, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Victoria
- Marcus Hill4.4 mi away · pop. 180
- Geelong16.7 mi away · pop. 180,239
- Fingal16.9 mi away
- Arthurs Seat18.6 mi away · pop. 414
- Little River19.9 mi away · pop. 292
- Cape Schanck21 mi away · pop. 503
- Moorabool22.4 mi away
- Merricks North24.6 mi away
- Tuerong24.6 mi away
- Shoreham25.8 mi away · pop. 515
- Flinders26.2 mi away · pop. 811
- Merricks26.3 mi away · pop. 53
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Swan Bay
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library