Twelve Apostles Marine National Park

Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
Victoria
Twelve Apostles Marine National Park; Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
	The Twelve Apostles, located within the marine national park
	Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
Nearest town or city	Port Campbell
Coordinates	38°40′S 143°06′E / 38.667°S 143.100°E
Established	16 November 2002
Area	75 km2 (29.0 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

Aerial views of Port Campbell National Park and Twelve Apostles Marine National Park.

The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park is a protected marine national park located on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. The 7,500-hectare (19,000-acre) marine park is situated near Port Campbell and is named after the scenic Twelve Apostles rock stacks, and contains the wreck of the clipper Loch Ard, wrecked on Mutton Bird Island in 1878. The marine park borders Port Campbell and Great Otway National Parks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and The Arches Marine Sanctuary management plan (pbk) (PDF). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. July 2006. pp. 1, 5. ISBN 0-7311-8356-8. Retrieved 29 August 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Twelve Apostles Marine National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^ "Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and The Arches Marine Sanctuary" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. March 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ Plummer, A.; Morris, L.; Blake, S.; Ball, S. (September 2003). "Marine Natural Values Study: Victorian Marine National Parks and Sanctuaries" (PDF). Parks Victoria Technical Series (PDF). Government of Victoria. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

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v t e 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 Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook
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	Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches
Protected areas of Victoria

v t e Visitor attractions on the Great Ocean Road
Attractions	Bay of Islands Coastal Park Bells Beach Cape Bridgewater Gibson Steps Great Otway National Park The Grotto Loch Ard Gorge London Bridge Point Addis Marine National Park Port Campbell National Park The Twelve Apostles Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
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