Editing Crib Point (section)

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox Australian place 
| type     = town 
| name     = Crib Point
| city     = 
| state    = vic
| image    = Crib Point War Memorial.JPG
| caption  = Entering Crib Point
| lga      = Shire of Mornington Peninsula
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria 
| coordinates = {{coord|38.363|S|145.202|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 3919
| pop      = 3,343
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20674 | name = Crib Point (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 11 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area     = 6.3
| est      = 
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Hastings|Hastings]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| dist1    = 87
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 7
| location2= [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]
| near-nw  = [[Bittern, Victoria|Bittern]]
| near-n   = [[Bittern, Victoria|Bittern]]
| near-ne  = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-w   = [[Bittern, Victoria|Bittern]]
| near-e   = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-sw  = [[HMAS Cerberus, Victoria|HMAS Cerberus]]
| near-s   = [[HMAS Cerberus, Victoria|HMAS Cerberus]]
| near-se  = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 12
}}

'''Crib Point''' is a town on the [[Mornington Peninsula]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|64|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[Shire of Mornington Peninsula]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Crib Point recorded a population of 3,343 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

The town is part of an urban enclave on [[Western Port]] comprising [[Bittern, Victoria|Bittern]], Crib Point, [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]], [[Tyabb, Victoria|Tyabb]], and [[Somerville, Victoria|Somerville]].

Crib Point is served by three railway stations: [[Morradoo railway station|Morradoo]], [[Crib Point railway station|Crib Point]] and [[Stony Point railway station|Stony Point]], the latter of which is the terminus of the greater-metropolitan [[Stony Point railway line|Stony Point line]].

Crib Point Post Office opened on 18 July 1890.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Crib*Point* | access-date = 13 March 2021 }}</ref>

The town has an [[Australian Rules]] football team competing in the [[Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League]].

It is situated near the [[HMAS Cerberus (naval base)|HMAS Cerberus naval base]].

It is opposite a park that has a long stretch of mangroves.

The [[Victorian Maritime Centre]] is temporarily located at Crib Point. It has a future permanent site announced at [[Hastings, Victoria|Hastings]]. The museum houses many artefacts of both the Royal Australian Navy and the Merchant Navy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maritimecentre.com.au/ |title=Victorian Maritime Centre |publisher=[[Victorian Maritime Centre]] |accessdate=26 August 2019}}</ref>