Swan Island (Victoria)

Swan Island
Victoria
Map of Swan Island
Postcode(s)3225
Area1.40 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)Borough of Queenscliffe
State electorate(s)Bellarine
Federal division(s)Corangamite
Localities around Swan Island:
Swan Bay Port Phillip Bay Port Phillip Bay
Swan Bay Swan Island Port Phillip Bay
Queenscliff Queenscliff Port Phillip Bay
Swan Island, view from Swan Bay Jetty
View across Queenscliff Harbour to Sand Island and Swan Island

Swan Island (Wathaurong: Woorang-a'look)[1] is a 1.4 km2 sand barrier island which, with Duck Island and the Edwards Point spit, separate Swan Bay from Port Phillip in Victoria, Australia. It lies close to and north of the town of Queenscliff at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, and is an official bounded locality of the Borough of Queenscliffe.

  1. ^ Clark, Ian D. (2002). Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages. p. 201. ISBN 0957936060.