Point Hicks Marine National Park
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = protected
| name = Point Hicks Marine National Park
| state = vic
| iucn_category = II
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| nearest_town_or_city = Cann River
| area = 40
| established = {{start date|2002|11|16|df=y}}
| established_footnotes = {{cite book|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/313371/Point-Hicks-Marine-National-Park-Management-Plan-March-2006.pdf|type=PDF|title=Port Hicks Marine National Park Management Plan|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=July 2006|accessdate=27 August 2014|isbn=0-7311-8352-5|pages=1, 5|location=Melbourne}}
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| managing_authorities = Parks Victoria
| url = http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/point-hicks-marine-national-park
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The Point Hicks Marine National Park is a protected marine national park situated off Point Hicks in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The {{convert|4000|ha|adj=on}} marine park is situated approximately {{convert|450|km}} east of Melbourne and {{convert|25|km}} south of {{VICcity|Cann River}},{{cite web|title=Point Hicks Marine National Park|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/point-hicks-marine-national-park|publisher=Government of Victoria|work=Parks Victoria|date=|accessdate=5 February 2012}} adjacent to the Croajingolong National Park and Point Hicks Lighthouse Reserve.
The marine national park contains the site of two shipwrecks: the SS Kerangie lost in 1879, and the SS Saros lost in 1937.{{cite VHD shipwreck |610 |SS Saros}}
Point Hicks represents Victoria's warmer eastern marine environment, and contains species that do not occur in the cooler waters to the west.{{cite web|title=Point Hicks Marine National Park visitor guide|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/315566/Park-note-Point-Hicks-Marine-National-Park.pdf|type=PDF|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=November 2011|accessdate=5 February 2012 }}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/313568/Marine-National-Parks-and-Marine-Sanctuaries-Boundary-Coordinates.pdf|type=PDF|title=Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Coordinates|work=Parks Victoria|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=July 2013|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303232644/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/313568/Marine-National-Parks-and-Marine-Sanctuaries-Boundary-Coordinates.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/314731/20_1047.pdf|type=PDF|title=Point Hicks Marine National Park: Marine Natural Values Study Summary|work=Parks Victoria and Deakin University|publisher=Government of Victoria|date=}}
{{Marine and coastal parks of Victoria}}
{{Protected areas of Victoria|MNP}}
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Category:Parks of Gippsland (region)
Category:Marine parks in Victoria (state)
Category:Coastline of Victoria (state)
Category:Protected areas of Bass Strait
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