French Island Marine National Park

French Island Marine National Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
French Island Marine National Park
Nearest town or city	Hastings
Coordinates	38°18′S 145°22′E / 38.300°S 145.367°E / -38.300; 145.367
Established	16 November 2002 (2002-11-16)^[1]
Area	28 km² (10.8 sq mi)^[1]
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	French Island Marine National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

The French Island Marine National Park is a protected marine national park in Western Port, Victoria, Australia. The 2,800-hectare (6,900-acre) marine park extends 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) along the north shore of French Island and protects a range of habitats including seagrass beds, mangroves and intertidal mud flats.^[2]^[3]

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^ ^a ^b Yaringa Marine National Park, French Island Marine National Park and Churchill Island Marine National Park Management Plan (PDF) (PDF). Melbourne: Government of Victoria. October 2007. pp. 1, 5. ISBN 9780-7311-8372-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "French Island Marine National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ "Western Port Marine National Parks: visitor guide" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. December 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

v t e Marine and coastal parks of Victoria, Australia
Marine and coastal parks	Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook
Marine national parks	Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa
Marine sanctuaries	Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches
Protected areas of Victoria

Protected areas of Victoria, Australia

Marine national parks
Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa

National parks

Former

State parks

Arthurs Seat Black Range Broken-Boosey Bunyip Cape Nelson Cathedral Range Dergholm Enfield Holey Plains Kooyoora Lake Tyers Langi Ghiran Leaghur Lerderderg Moondarra Mount Arapiles-Tooan Mount Buangor Mount Granya Mount Lawson Mount Napier Mount Samaria Mount Worth Paddys Ranges Reef Hills Warrandyte Werribee Gorge
Former	Angahook–Lorne Barmah Carlisle Chiltern Coopracambra Eildon French Island Kamarooka Kara Kara Melba Gully (Great Otway NP) Nepean Pink Lakes Terrick Terrick Wabonga Plateau Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP) Whipstick

Marine and coastal parks
Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook

Marine sanctuaries
Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches

Other parks

Wilderness parks	Avon Big Desert Wilderness Park Wabba Wilderness Park
Heritage / Historic parks	Beechworth Historic Park Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Steiglitz Historic Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park

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