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Cape Schanck Lighthouse and Museum

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Dramatic rocks and waves at the bottom of the country.

The Cape Schanck Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and associated museum, located at Cape Schanck, at the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1859 as the second coastal lighthouse in Victoria, the 21-metre-tall (69 ft) tower was built from limestone.
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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Mornington Peninsula" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "Cape Schanck Lighthouse", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
Photo: Thomas Berwing, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and licences

Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Mornington Peninsula" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Summary from the Wikipedia article "Cape Schanck Lighthouse", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia

Photo: Thomas Berwing, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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