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D C R URR ELLS RD D R S Twelve Apostles Marine National Park and The Arches Marine SanctuaryD R N D U O R RD PORT CAMPBELL AN CE GR O EA T PV VA LLEY VIEW RD See inset for The Arches Marine Sanctuary The Grotto Point Hesse Sentinel Rock London Bridge Two Mile Bay The Arch RD Loch Ard Gorge D Bakers Oven R Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre G BOORINGA 38°38.86’S RE AT RD 143°03.32’E LATROBE Broken Head Mutton Bird O C N Sponge Gardens Island EA N W O Between 40 and 60m below the T F E O C IN surface, an explosion of colour R The Arches Marine Sanctuary R D P occurs with beautiful sponge S R Twelve Apostles D gardens in the Twelve Apostles World famous limestone rock stacks tower out of Marine National Park. Here, the water in the marine national park. Over time, as -7m colourful and varied sponges, sea R 38°37.78’S D 0.3 nautical miles the spectacular limestone coastline has eroded, squirts and sea moss shelter many 38°37.79’S (0.7km) 143°00.21’E intertidal and subtidal reefs have formed, creating See inset for Gibson Steps – Clifton Beach 142°59.72’E smaller animals including sea habitat for a range of marine creatures. spiders, beautiful sea slugs, a -12m (5.4km) diverse range of sea snails and -9m -12m 2.9 nautical miles GREAT seastars. G -36m R EA O T Gibson Steps C E A THE ARCHES N O C E A N (0.6km) (0.6km) MARINE SANCTUARY -10m R -20m miles nautical 0.3 R D 0.3 nautical miles nautical 0.3 -13m D OLD -58m -16m -17m PRINCETOWN 38°38.14’S 38°41.46’S 38°38.15’S 0.3 nautical miles 143°00.22’E (0.7km) 143°01.61’E -26m 142°59.73’E 1.7 nautical miles (3.3km) See inset for Princetown 38°42.01’S -8m 143°03.89’E TWELVE APOSTLES Point Ronald O C E MARINE NATIONAL PARK A N Gibson Steps – Clifton Beach Exclusion Zone Princetown Exclusion Zone Gibson Steps 38°40.09’S 38°42.36’S Point Sandy Seafloor RD 143°06.65’E -51m 143°09.39’E Ronald Nearly half of the park’s sea floor is sand. Open -27m G R water and sandy stretches are important habitat for º E 0 A º HWM 3 HWM T 0 both large and small marine creatures. Living in the 2 3 5.1 nautical miles 2 sand on the ocean floor, crustaceans such as 38°44.01’S Princetown Beach amphipods, isopods and cumaceans live in high CEAN (9.5km) 143°11.17’E Gibson Steps Beach O RD numbers. Pebble Point HWM -32m HWM Exclusion Zone: Fishing permitted 100 metres seaward from the High Water Mark (HWM) Clifton Beach HWM SOUTHERN Cat Reef Exclusion Zone: Marine Mammals and Birds -44m Fishing permitted 100 metres seaward 38°43.20’S 38°40.97’S Rivernook Beach OCEAN Southern Right Whales, Humpback Whales and from the High Water Mark (HWM) 143°07.76’E 143°10.40’E New Zealand Fur-seals visit the park each year. TWELVE APOSTLES Occasionally Australian Fur-seals rest along the (5.1km) MARINE NATIONAL PARK º TWELVE APOSTLES 0 shore. Little Penguins breed on the beaches at the 2.7 nautical miles º 3 0 2 Rocky Reef MARINE NATIONAL PARK 3 Twelve Apostles and London Bridge. Public access to 2 In the far eastern and western sections of these beaches is closed to help protect these the park lies the majority of subtidal reef. important breeding colonies. More information on A large deep ancient subtidal rocky local birdwatching can be found in the Port platform approximately 400m wide may Campbell National Park & Bay of Islands Coastal have been an important site for indigenous Park, park note or visit www.birdlife.org.au 38°45.77’S 143°08.41’E people thousands of years ago. Twelve Apostles Marine National Park boundary Bathymetry www.parks.vic.gov.au Latitude and Longitude values are based on WGS84. GPS users must note that coordinates for The park covers 7510 hectares along the coast from Broken Head to Pebble Point and Parking Picnic table Kiosk Sealed road Onshore boundary marker -1 metres boundaries are given in the format degrees : minutes : decimal minutes. out to the state nautical limit. The MNP includes some land above the high water Alternate formats are available on Parkweb, by calling 13 1963, or from Parks Victoria offices. mark, including Mutton Bird Island and a series of offshore rock stacks that includes Information Boat ramp Camping area Unsealed road Offshore boundary marker (unmarked in water) N the Twelve Apostles. Two areas have been excluded from the park for 100 metres Disclaimer: Parks Victoria does not guarantee that this data is without flaw of any kind and therefore disclaims all liability which may arise from you relying on this information. 0 400 800 1600 seaward of the high water mark at Gibson Steps through to Clifton Beach, and Toilets Lookout Caravan park Walking track Exclusion Zone boundary marker Metres between Point Ronald and Rivernook. Data source acknowledgements: State Digital Mapbase. The State of Victoria and Department of Disabled access Parks Victoria office Shipwreck Port Campbell National Park Exclusion Zone (fishing permitted) PV -65 metres Sustainability and Environment. No fishing No taking Cartography by Parks Victoria January 2014 Self guided walk Swimming For mobile App search for Avenza PDF Maps.