Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

This article is about the marine national park. For the adjacent national park, see Wilsons Promontory National Park. For the landform, see Wilsons Promontory. For the bird area, see Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area.

Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park
Nearest town or city	Yanakie
Coordinates	39°10′S 146°20′E / 39.167°S 146.333°E / -39.167; 146.333Coordinates: 39°10′S 146°20′E / 39.167°S 146.333°E / -39.167; 146.333
Established	2003
Area	155 km² (59.8 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

The Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park is a protected marine national park located in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.^[1]^[2] The 15,500-hectare (38,000-acre) marine park is situated off the southern tip of Wilsons Promontory and extends along the coastline from Norman Bay, near Tidal River, in the west around the southern tip of the promontory to Cape Wellington in the east. It extends offshore to the Glennie and Anser groups of offshore islands.

There are several neighbouring protected areas:

Corner Inlet Marine National Park, Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park and Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park protect much of Corner Inlet, to the north-east of the Promontory.
Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park covers Shallow Inlet to the north-west of the Promontory.
Rodondo Island to the south is Tasmanian nature reserve

The national park surrounds some of the islands in the Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area.

References

↑ "Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
↑ "Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park visitor guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. November 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

External links

"Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Coordinates" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. July 2013.
"Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park: Marine Natural Values Study Summary" (PDF). Parks Victoria and Deakin University (PDF). Government of Victoria.

Marine and coastal parks of Victoria, Australia

Marine and coastal parks	Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Point Cook Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory

Marine national parks	Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa

Marine sanctuaries	The Arches Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cook Point Danger Ricketts Point

Protected areas of Victoria

Islands of Victoria, Australia

Islands off Gippsland and the Wilsons Promontory	Anser Boundary Citadel Cleft Cliffy Dannevig Gabo Great Glennie Kanowna McHugh Norman Notch Rabbit Rabbit Rock Rag Seal Shellback Tullaberga Wattle Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

Islands within Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday Corner Inlet Marine National Park

Islands within Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank Churchill Island Marine National Park French Island Marine National Park Phillip Island Important Bird Area Phillip Island Nature Park

Islands within Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

Islands within Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle

River islands	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna

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Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

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