Cape Paterson
- Local Government Area
- Bass Coast
- Postcode
- 3995
- Population
- 1,111
- Area
- 15.80 km²
- Coordinates
- -38.6604, 145.6163
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Cape Paterson
Cape Paterson (/ˈpætərsən/) is town located near the town of Wonthaggi, 132 kilometres (82 mi) south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally for the discovery of coal by William Hovell in 1826, it is now extremely popular for its beaches and rockpool and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 718. Cape Paterson has six beaches.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Harmers Haven 3 km
- Wonthaggi 5 km
- South Dudley 8 km
- North Wonthaggi 9 km
- St Clair (Vic.) 9 km
- Inverloch 11 km