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Point Hicks Marine National Park

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Established
  
November 16, 2002

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40 km²

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Point Hicks Marine National Park

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Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, Wingan Inlet, Point Hicks

The Point Hicks Marine National Park is a protected marine national park in situated off Point Hicks in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The 4,000-hectare (9,900-acre) marine park is situated approximately 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Melbourne and 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Cann River, 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.

Point Hicks represents Victoria’s warmer eastern marine environment, and contains species that do not occur in the cooler waters to the west.

References

Point Hicks Marine National Park Wikipedia