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- Western_Port abstract "Western Port, commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait. It is the second largest bay in the state. Geographically, it is dominated by the two large islands; French Island and Phillip Island. Contrary to its name, it lies to the east of the larger Port Phillip, and is separated from it by the Mornington Peninsula. It is visited by Australian fur seals, whales and dolphins, as well as many migratory waders and seabirds. It is listed under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international significance.The area around the bay and the two main islands were originally part of the Boonwurrung nation's territory prior to European settlement. Western Port was first seen by Europeans in 1798 when an exploration crew in a whaleboat led by George Bass, journeyed south from Sydney to explore Australia's south eastern coastline. Due in most part to a lack of food, the expedition was halted, spending two weeks in Western Port before returning to Sydney. As it was the most westerly charted point at the time, it was named Western Port; however, it actually lies in the eastern half of Victoria and to the east of the larger Port Phillip and Greater Melbourne.The bay is home to the three Marine National Parks—French Island, Churchill Island and Yaringa, while the land adjacent to the north is largely used for farming purposes including cattle and wineries. Today the bay is mostly used for recreation; however, there is also a military base (HMAS Cerberus), shipping and oil production facilities adjoining the bay. Western Port is around one hour from Melbourne by car and a small number of holiday villages with sandy swimming beaches lie on its shores.".
- Western_Port areaTotal "6.8E8".
- Western_Port averageDepth "3.0".
- Western_Port country Australia.
- Western_Port elevation "0.0".
- Western_Port frozen "never".
- Western_Port inflow Bass_River_(Victoria).
- Western_Port inflow Bunyip_River.
- Western_Port inflow Cardinia_Creek.
- Western_Port inflow Lang_Lang_River.
- Western_Port island Churchill_Island.
- Western_Port island French_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port island Phillip_Island.
- Western_Port island Quail_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port length "263000.0".
- Western_Port location Victoria_(Australia).
- Western_Port maximumDepth "6.0".
- Western_Port nearestCity Cowes,_Victoria.
- Western_Port nearestCity Hastings,_Victoria.
- Western_Port nearestCity San_Remo,_Victoria.
- Western_Port nearestCity Tooradin,_Victoria.
- Western_Port outflow Bass_Strait.
- Western_Port thumbnail Western_Port_from_French_Is.jpg?width=300.
- Western_Port wikiPageExternalLink interislandferries.com.au.
- Western_Port wikiPageExternalLink www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au.
- Western_Port wikiPageExternalLink www.phillipislandguide.com.
- Western_Port wikiPageExternalLink www.preservewesternport.org.au.
- Western_Port wikiPageExternalLink www.visitcorinella.com.
- Western_Port wikiPageID "653302".
- Western_Port wikiPageLength "17115".
- Western_Port wikiPageOutDegree "127".
- Western_Port wikiPageRevisionID "691829233".
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Australian_pelican.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Barrallier_Island.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bass_River_(Victoria).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bass_Strait.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink BirdLife_International.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bird_colony.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bird_migration.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink BlueScope.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Blue_Wedges.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Botany_Bay.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Brown_fur_seal.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bunurong.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Bunyip_River.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Howe.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Cardinia_Creek.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bays_of_Victoria_(Australia).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Biosphere_reserves_of_Australia.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Important_Bird_Areas_of_Victoria_(Australia).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mornington_Peninsula.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ramsar_sites_in_Australia.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Category:Western_Port.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Chinaman_Island.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Churchill_Island.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Churchill_Island_Marine_National_Park.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Coolart_Wetlands_and_Homestead_Reserve.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Coral.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Cowes,_Victoria.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Critically_endangered.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Dolphin.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Fairy_tern.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Far_Eastern_curlew.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink French_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink French_Island_National_Park.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Fur_seal.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink George_Bass.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink HMAS_Cerberus_(naval_base).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Hastings,_Victoria.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Headlands_and_bays.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Holocene.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Hooded_dotterel.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Important_Bird_Area.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Invertebrate.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Kelp_gull.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Koala.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Lang_Lang_River.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Little_penguin.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Mangrove.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Melbourne.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Moonlit_Sanctuary_Wildlife_Conservation_Park.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Mornington_Peninsula.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Mornington_Peninsula_National_Park.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Mudflat.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Orange-bellied_parrot.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Orchidaceae.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Pearcedale,_Victoria.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Peregrine_falcon.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Phillip_Island.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Phillip_Island_Important_Bird_Area.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Pied_oystercatcher.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Point_Hicks.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Port_Phillip.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Quail_Island_(Victoria).
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Ramsar_Convention.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Red-necked_stint.
- Western_Port wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Australian_Navy.