Coode Island

Coode Island
Victoria
Container docks along the eastern side of the island
Coode Island is located in Melbourne
Coode Island
Coode Island
Coordinates37°48′53″S 144°54′35″E / 37.81472°S 144.90972°E / -37.81472; 144.90972
Elevation5 m (16 ft)
Area0.97 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
RegionWest Melbourne

Coode Island is a former island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4 km west of central Melbourne, Australia. The island was formed by the excavation of the Coode Canal in 1887, and became connected to the mainland in the 1930s.[1] Today the low-lying land is part of the Port of Melbourne, and is used as the site of Swanson and Appleton Docks and their associated container storage and rail yards, as well as a number of chemical storage facilities.

Coode Island viewed from the junction of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers
  1. ^ "Coode Island". Victorian Places. Monash University, University of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.