Frankston is an outer- southeastern suburb of
Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, in the local
government area of the City of Frankston. It is
41 km south of the Melbourne city centre,
at the northernmost point of the Mornington
Peninsula. Due to its geographic location, it is
often referred to as "the gateway to the
Mornington Peninsula".

The suburb of Frankston covers a large
geographic area compared with other
Melbourne suburbs. It also envelopes a
number of localities (with the postcode 3199),
which are not independent suburbs, including:
Frankston Central Business District (CBD),
Frankston East, Frankston Heights, Karingal,
Long Island, Mount Erin and Olivers Hill.

Frankston is bordered to the west by the Port
Phillip coastline; to the north by property
fronting Overton Road and Skye Road, as well
as the Long Island and Peninsula Kingswood
country clubs (bordering the City of Frankston
suburbs of Frankston North and Seaford); to the
east by the Mornington Peninsula
Freeway/Peninsula Link (bordering the City of
Frankston suburb of Langwarrin) and to the
south by property fronting Robinsons Road,
Golflinks Road, Towerhill Road, Overport Road,
Jasper Terrace and Warringa Road, then
continuing down Olivers Hill to the coastline
(bordering the City ofFrankston suburb of
Frankston South).