Point Hicks Marine National Park

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| name = Point Hicks Marine National Park

| state = vic

| iucn_category = II

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| nearest_town_or_city = Cann River

| area = 40

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| 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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