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FISHERMAN'S BEND
Description First motorbike event was on August 1948, while first car event was in 1949
Location Port Melbourne
VIC - Victoria
Location Approx 5 km - 3 mi West of Albert Park, using a World War II airfield now built over. In the same are now there is Go Kart Club Of Victoria
Latitude - Longitude - 37°50'08"     +144°54'26"
-37.835556     144.907222
UTM Coordinates X = 315839.913  -  Y = 5810366.567  -  Zone 55H
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Zoom Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL 1 m - 3 ft
Inauguration August 1948
Closing 1962
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database
(2) English www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/fisherma.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Fisherman's Bend
Description  
Years 1948
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Airfield course
Inauguration August 1948
Closing 1948
Last update of this page December 19th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  

Fisherman's Bend
Description  
Years 1949÷1956
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1949
Closing 1956
Last update of this page December 19th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3380  m 11088  ft 2.1  mi   (1)

Fisherman's Bend
Description  
Years 1957÷1962
Direction Clockwise   Clockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit YES
Type Airfield course
Inauguration 1957
Closing 1962
Last update of this page December 19th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3058  m 10032  ft 1.9  mi   (1)


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
December 19th 2007     Guido de Carli   Lorenzo Tommasi New Description without map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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