Western Port

E492732

bay tidal bay

Western Port is a large tidal bay and natural harbor in southern Victoria, Australia, known for its islands, wetlands, and coastal wildlife.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Port hinterland	1

Statements (151)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay ⓘ tidal bay ⓘ
catchmentIncludes	Bass Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Dandenong Ranges foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ Koo Wee Rup plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Mornington Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	Bass Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationPriority	high ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
designatedAs	Ramsar wetland NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	State of Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdjacentProtectedArea	Adams Creek Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Bass River Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Bittern Coastal Wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannons Creek Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ French Island National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Grantville Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Hastings Foreshore Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Mornington Peninsula National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Island Nature Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Warneet Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Yallock Creek Nature Conservation Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaringa Marine and Coastal Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea	Western Port catchment ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance	East Asian–Australasian Flyway stopover NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	eco-tourism ⓘ port operations ⓘ shipping ⓘ
hasFeature	channels ⓘ coastal dunes ⓘ estuaries ⓘ intertidal flats ⓘ mangroves ⓘ mudflats ⓘ rocky shores ⓘ saltmarshes ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasFerryServiceTo	French Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFerryTerminal	Cowes NERFINISHED ⓘ Stony Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Tankerton NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInflow	Bass River NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunyip River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannons Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardinia Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Lang Lang River NERFINISHED ⓘ Langwarrin Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Muddy Gates Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Toomuc Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Watsons Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Yallock Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIsland	Barrallier Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Churchill Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Island NERFINISHED ⓘ French Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Manns Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Observation Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Quail Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhyll Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandstone Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Yallock Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasManagementBody	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Parks Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ local councils in the Western Port region ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedArea	Churchill Island Marine National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ French Island Marine National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhyll Inlet Marine National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaringa Marine National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyTown	Corinella NERFINISHED ⓘ Cowes NERFINISHED ⓘ French Island township NERFINISHED ⓘ Grantville NERFINISHED ⓘ Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ San Remo NERFINISHED ⓘ Stony Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Tooradin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPortFacility	Cowes jetty NERFINISHED ⓘ Port of Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ San Remo jetty ⓘ Stony Point jetty ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	Ramsar site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTidalRange	large ⓘ
historicalNote	explored by George Bass in 1798 ⓘ named because it lies to the west of Port Phillip in early charts ⓘ
importantFor	fish nurseries ⓘ marine invertebrates ⓘ migratory shorebirds ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seagrass ecosystems ⓘ waterbirds ⓘ wetland biodiversity ⓘ
isTidal	true ⓘ
knownFor	Australian fur seals ⓘ birdwatching ⓘ boating ⓘ coastal wildlife ⓘ dolphins ⓘ fishing ⓘ islands ⓘ mangrove communities ⓘ penguin colonies ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
locatedIn	Bass Strait region NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Victoria ⓘ
locatedNear	Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSoutheastOf	Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ
oceanBasin	Tasman Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyWithin	Bass Coast Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardinia Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ Casey City NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankston City NERFINISHED ⓘ Mornington Peninsula Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Western Port Biosphere Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
RamsarDesignationYear	1982 ⓘ
RamsarSiteNumber	269 ⓘ
supportsHabitatType	coastal dune ⓘ intertidal mudflat ⓘ mangrove forest ⓘ rocky reef ⓘ saltmarsh ⓘ seagrass meadow ⓘ subtidal channel ⓘ
supportsSpecies	Australian fur seal NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian pied oystercatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ bottlenose dolphin ⓘ common dolphin ⓘ curlew sandpiper NERFINISHED ⓘ fairy tern ⓘ little penguin ⓘ red-necked stint NERFINISHED ⓘ short-tailed shearwater NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ coastal development ⓘ invasive species ⓘ pollution ⓘ sea level rise ⓘ
usedFor	aquaculture ⓘ boating ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ nature-based recreation ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ sailing ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mornington Peninsula → borders → Western Port ⓘ

Victoria (Australia) → containsBay → Western Port ⓘ

Port Phillip and Westernport catchment → drainsInto → Western Port ⓘ

Port Phillip and Westernport catchment → includesArea → Western Port ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Port hinterland

Cowes, Victoria → overlooks → Western Port ⓘ