Police are investigating after a body was found beside a burnt-out vehicle in rural south-west Victoria.

A resident found the body in Wickliffe, 200km west of Melbourne, about 3pm on Monday and called emergency services to Chatsworth-Wickcliffe Road, near Karmala Lane.

Police are yet to formally identify the body or establish a cause of death but said the body was found beside a burnt-out vehicle.

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Emergency services on Chatsworth-Wickcliffe Road, near Karmala Lane.

Anyone with information was urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000