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Defensive Climb

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Point Nepean National Park, Defence Road, Portsea, Melbourne, Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, 3943, Australia
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Climb Profile

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-155 m-145 m-130 m-120 m0.0% from 0 m to 68 m0.3% from 68 m to 126 m0.0% from 126 m to 144 m3.1% from 144 m to 164 m2.1% from 164 m to 182 m3.1% from 182 m to 201 m2.3% from 201 m to 219 m2.1% from 219 m to 228 m2.2% from 228 m to 238 m1.1% from 238 m to 256 m2.2% from 256 m to 265 m2.3% from 265 m to 282 m3.9% from 282 m to 298 m2.7% from 298 m to 312 m2.8% from 312 m to 327 m5.6% from 327 m to 334 m4.0% from 334 m to 349 m5.3% from 349 m to 356 m7.2% from 356 m to 370 m2.9% from 370 m to 377 m6.9% from 377 m to 386 m8.6% from 386 m to 397 m4.2% from 397 m to 412 m6.6% from 412 m to 424 m9.5% from 424 m to 430 m6.8% from 430 m to 436 m6.7% from 436 m to 448 m4.6% from 448 m to 461 m3.0% from 461 m to 475 m3.0% from 475 m to 481 m1.7% from 481 m to 493 m3.7% from 493 m to 504 m1.8% from 504 m to 537 m1.3% from 537 m to 568 m0.0% from 568 m to 578 m0.0% from 578 m to 594 m7.0% from 594 m to 606 m1.6% from 606 m to 618 m3.0% from 618 m to 631 m1.3% from 631 m to 646 m0.8% from 646 m to 700 m2.6% from 700 m to 707 m5.4% from 707 m to 715 m2.7% from 715 m to 722 m1.3% from 722 m to 737 m2.6% from 737 m to 753 m1.4% from 753 m to 767 m2.7% from 767 m to 775 m0.7% from 775 m to 828 m0.5% from 828 m to 866 m0.0% from 866 m to 912 m0.0% from 912 m to 931 m0.6% from 931 m to 967 m0.0% from 967 m to 992 m0.0% from 992 m to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km0.0% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km3.8% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km2.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km4.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.6% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-1.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km-1.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km4.5% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km1.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km2.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km0.4% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-0.9% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-1.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-2.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-3.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-2.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km0.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km1%4%2%1%1%0%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance1.54 km / 0.96 miles
Elevation gain23.4 m / 77 ft
Average gradient1.5%
Maximum gradient7.2%
Elevation high-124.6 m / -409 ft
Elevation low-150.4 m / -493 ft
Climb difficulty score2,332.5

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,750,953rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 52,799th most difficult cycling climb of all 97,639 climbs in Australia.

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Places 13,913th out of 25,936 cycling climbs in Victoria.

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Ranks 6,789th out of 14,727 cycling climbs in Melbourne.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 29 climbs) in Portsea.

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