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The Twelve Apostles are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. The Twelve Apostles are located on the traditional lands of the Eastern Maar peoples. [1] Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction.
The Twelve Apostles Marine National Park is a protected marine national park located on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. The 7,500-hectare (19,000-acre) marine park is situated near Port Campbell and is named after the scenic Twelve Apostles rock stacks , and contains the wreck of the clipper Loch Ard , wrecked on Mutton Bird Island ...
The gorge is named after the clipper Loch Ard that was shipwrecked on 1 June 1878 near the end of a three-month journey from England to Melbourne. Of 54 passengers and crew, only two survived: Thomas Pearce, one of the ship's apprentices; and Eva Carmichael, an Irishwoman emigrating with her family. Pearce and Carmichael were each 19 years old. [1]
Aerial views of Port Campbell National Park and Twelve Apostles Marine National Park. The Port Campbell National Park is a national park in the south-western district of Victoria , Australia . The 1,750-hectare (4,300-acre) national park is situated approximately 190 kilometres (120 mi) south-west of Melbourne and approximately 10 kilometres (6 ...
Official Website for 12 Apostles Region of Victoria Bay of Islands Coastal Park (Parks Victoria) 38°33′47″S 142°46′48″E / 38.563°S 142.780°E / -38.563; 142
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This coastline is accessible via the Great Ocean Road, and is home to the limestone formations called The Twelve Apostles. Explorer Matthew Flinders said of the Shipwreck Coast, "I have seldom seen a more fearful section of coastline."
Winding through varying terrain along the coast, and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction. Aerial panorama of the coastal township of Anglesea, Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road