The Discovery Bay Marine National Park is a
protected
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marine
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Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
located in the
Western District of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
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The marine park is located near ,
and extends along of coastline on the western side of
Cape Bridgewater
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Cape Bridgewater is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria located on the western shore of Bridgewater Bay about south-west of Portland and about west of Melbourne.
The area was settled in the 1860s by the Henty family who ...
, from Cape Duquesne to Blacks Beach, and offshore to the limit of Victorian waters.
The
Discovery Bay Coastal Park protects the adjacent coastline.
See also
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Protected areas of Victoria
Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. it contained separate protected areas with a total land area of (17.26% of the state's area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling (11.32% of the state's area).
The parks are man ...
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List of national parks of Australia
This is a list of national parks within Australia that are managed by Australian, state and territory governments. The name may be a misnomer: nearly all parks are land owned and managed by the states and territories rather than the national go ...
References
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Parks of Barwon South West (region)
Marine parks in Victoria (state)
Coastline of Victoria (state)
Ramsar sites in Australia
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