Port Campbell National Park
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Port Campbell National Park | |
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IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
Nearest town/city: | Port Campbell |
Coordinates: | |
Area: | 17.5 km² |
Managing authorities: | Parks Victoria |
Official site: | Port Campbell National Park |
Port Campbell is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 190 km southwest of Melbourne. The park was established to protect the many spectacular limestone rock formations on and near the coast along the Great Ocean Road.
Popular Tourist Attractions in the Park include:
- The Twelve Apostles
- London Arch (formerly London Bridge)
- Loch Ard Gorge
- The Gibson Steps
- The Grotto
- The Bay of Islands
The park is directly adjoined by the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park.
[edit] See also
National Parks of Victoria | |
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Alfred | Alpine | Baw Baw | Brisbane Ranges | Burrowa-Pine Mountain | Chiltern-Mt Pilot | Churchill | Coopracambra | Croajingolong | Dandenong Ranges | Errinundra | French Island | Grampians | Hattah-Kulkyne | Heathcote-Greytown | Kinglake | Lake Eildon | Lind | Little Desert | Lower Glenelg | Mitchell River | Mornington Peninsula | Morwell | Mount Buffalo | Mount Eccles | Mount Richmond | Murray-Sunset | Organ Pipes | Great Otway | Port Campbell | Snowy River | Tarra-Bulga | Terrick Terrick | The Lakes | Wilsons Promontory | Wyperfeld | Yarra Ranges |
Attractions: Bay of Islands Coastal Park | Bells Beach | Great Otway National Park | Port Campbell National Park | The Twelve Apostles
Towns: Aireys Inlet | Anglesea | Apollo Bay | Lorne | Peterborough | Portland | Torquay