Twelve Apostles Marine National Park

Protected area in Victoria, Australia

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 / -38.667; 143.100
Established| 16 November 2002 (2002-11-16)[1]
Area| 75 km2 (29.0 sq mi)[1]
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]

## See also

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* Australia portal
* environment portal

* Protected areas of Victoria
* List of national parks of Australia

## References

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1. ^ 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)
2. ^ "Twelve Apostles Marine National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ 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.

## External links

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

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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

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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

Towns|

* Aireys Inlet
* Anglesea
* Apollo Bay
* Barwon Heads
* Bellbrae
* Camperdown
* Colac
* Eastern View
* Fairhaven
* Geelong
* Jan Juc
* Lavers Hill
* Lorne
* Moggs Creek
* Peterborough
* Port Campbell
* Port Fairy
* Princetown
* Separation Creek
* Torquay
* Warrnambool
* Wye River

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Protected areas of Victoria, Australia

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

National parks

* Alfred
* Alpine
* Barmah
* Baw Baw
* Brisbane Ranges
* Budj Bim
* Burrowa-Pine Mountain
* Chiltern-Mt Pilot
* Churchill
* Cobboboonee
* Coopracambra
* Croajingolong
* Dandenong Ranges
* Errinundra
* French Island
* Grampians
* Great Otway
* Greater Bendigo
* Gunbower
* Hattah-Kulkyne
* Heathcote-Graytown
* Kara Kara
* Kinglake
* Lake Eildon
* Lind
* Little Desert
* Lower Glenelg
* Lower Goulburn
* Mitchell River
* Mornington Peninsula
* Morwell
* Mount Buffalo
* Mount Richmond
* Murray-Sunset
* Organ Pipes
* Point Nepean
* Port Campbell
* Snowy River
* Tarra-Bulga
* Terrick Terrick
* The Lakes
* Warby-Ovens
* Wilsons Promontory
* Wyperfeld
* Yarra Ranges

Former|

* Bogong
* Bulga
* Captain James Cook
* Chiltern Box–Ironbark
* Cobberas–Tingaringy
* Dandenong
* Ferntree Gully
* Fraser
* Glenaladale
* Hattah Lakes
* Mallacoota Inlet
* Mount Eccles
* Otway
* Point Nepean (1988-1995)
* St Arnaud Range
* Tarra Valley
* Tingaringy
* Wingan Inlet
* Wonnangatta–Moroka

State parks

* Arthurs Seat
* Black Range
* Broken-Boosey
* Bunyip
* Cape Nelson
* Cathedral Range
* Dergholm
* Enfield
* Holey Plains
* Kooyoora
* Lake Tyers
* Langi Ghiran
* Leaghur
* Lerderderg
* Moondarra
* Mount Arapiles-Tooan
* Mount Buangor
* Mount Granya
* Mount Lawson
* Mount Napier
* Mount Samaria
* Mount Worth
* Paddys Ranges
* Reef Hills
* Warrandyte
* Werribee Gorge

Former|

* Angahook–Lorne
* Barmah
* Carlisle
* Chiltern
* Coopracambra
* Eildon
* French Island
* Kamarooka
* Kara Kara
* Melba Gully (Great Otway NP)
* Nepean
* Pink Lakes
* Terrick Terrick
* Wabonga Plateau
* Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP)
* Whipstick

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 sanctuaries

* Barwon Bluff
* Beware Reef
* Eagle Rock
* Jawbone
* Marengo Reefs
* Merri
* Mushroom Reef
* Point Cooke
* Point Danger
* Ricketts Point
* The Arches

Other parks

| Wilderness parks|

* Avon
* Big Desert Wilderness Park
* Wabba Wilderness Park

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Heritage / Historic parks|

* Beechworth Historic Park
* Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
* Point Gellibrand Heritage Park
* Steiglitz Historic Park
* Wimmera River Heritage Area Park
* Woodlands Historic Park

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