Piers and Jetties in Greater Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula

Greater Geelong's dataset defines piers, jetties, wharves, and breakwaters in Port Phillip Bay and around the Bellarine Peninsula. The City of Greater Geelong maintains this geospatial inventory of marine infrastructure. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map pier locations and types for coastal asset management planning using geospatial coordinates.
• Analyze the distribution of marine infrastructure like wharves and breakwaters across the Bellarine Peninsula.
• Calculate distances between jetties for marine route planning using the dataset's geographic features.
• Integrate pier data with other geospatial layers for environmental impact studies on coastal zones.

Strengths

• Includes multiple infrastructure types: piers, jetties, wharves, and breakwaters.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and WFS.

Limitations

• Unknown total number of features or rows, limiting assessment of completeness.
• Potential geographic bias as coverage is limited to the City of Greater Geelong jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

City of Greater Geelong

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Port Phillip Bay and the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.