Western Port

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

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Western Port canonical 19
Western Port hinterland 1
Western Port, Victoria 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (151)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
tidal bay ⓘ
catchmentIncludes Bass Hills ⓘ
Dandenong Ranges foothills ⓘ
Koo Wee Rup plain ⓘ
Mornington Peninsula ⓘ
connectedTo Bass Strait ⓘ
conservationPriority high ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
designatedAs Ramsar wetland ⓘ
governedBy State of Victoria ⓘ
hasAdjacentProtectedArea Adams Creek Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
Bass River Reserve ⓘ
Bittern Coastal Wetlands ⓘ
Cannons Creek Reserve ⓘ
French Island National Park ⓘ
Grantville Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
Hastings Foreshore Reserve ⓘ
Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve ⓘ
Mornington Peninsula National Park ⓘ
Phillip Island Nature Parks ⓘ
Quail Island Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
Warneet Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
Yallock Creek Nature Conservation Reserve ⓘ
Yaringa Marine and Coastal Park ⓘ
hasCatchmentArea Western Port catchment ⓘ
hasEcologicalSignificance East Asian–Australasian Flyway stopover ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity eco-tourism ⓘ
port operations ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasFeature channels ⓘ
coastal dunes ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
intertidal flats ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
saltmarshes ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasFerryServiceTo French Island ⓘ
Phillip Island ⓘ
hasFerryTerminal Cowes ⓘ
linked to: Cowes, Victoria

Stony Point ⓘ
Tankerton ⓘ
hasInflow Bass River ⓘ
Bunyip River ⓘ
Cannons Creek ⓘ
Cardinia Creek ⓘ
Lang Lang River ⓘ
Langwarrin Creek ⓘ
Muddy Gates Creek ⓘ
Toomuc Creek ⓘ
Watsons Creek ⓘ
Yallock Creek ⓘ
hasIsland Barrallier Island ⓘ
Churchill Island ⓘ
Elizabeth Island ⓘ
French Island ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
Manns Island ⓘ
Observation Point ⓘ
Phillip Island ⓘ
Quail Island ⓘ
Rhyll Island ⓘ
Sandstone Island ⓘ
Yallock Island ⓘ
hasManagementBody Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Victoria ⓘ
Parks Victoria ⓘ
local councils in the Western Port region ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedArea Churchill Island Marine National Park ⓘ
French Island Marine National Park ⓘ
Rhyll Inlet Marine National Park ⓘ
Yaringa Marine National Park ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Corinella ⓘ
Cowes ⓘ
linked to: Cowes, Victoria

French Island township ⓘ
Grantville ⓘ
Hastings ⓘ
San Remo ⓘ
Stony Point ⓘ
Tooradin ⓘ
hasPortFacility Cowes jetty ⓘ
Port of Hastings ⓘ
San Remo jetty ⓘ
Stony Point jetty ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus Ramsar site ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Bass Strait

Victoria ⓘ
southern Victoria ⓘ
locatedNear Melbourne ⓘ
locatedSoutheastOf Melbourne ⓘ
oceanBasin Tasman Sea ⓘ
partlyWithin Bass Coast Shire ⓘ
Cardinia Shire ⓘ
Casey City ⓘ
Frankston City ⓘ
linked to: City of Frankston

Mornington Peninsula Shire ⓘ
partOf Western Port Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
RamsarDesignationYear 1982 ⓘ
RamsarSiteNumber 269 ⓘ
supportsHabitatType coastal dune ⓘ
intertidal mudflat ⓘ
mangrove forest ⓘ
rocky reef ⓘ
saltmarsh ⓘ
seagrass meadow ⓘ
subtidal channel ⓘ
supportsSpecies Australian fur seal ⓘ
Australian pied oystercatcher ⓘ
bottlenose dolphin ⓘ
common dolphin ⓘ
curlew sandpiper ⓘ
fairy tern ⓘ
little penguin ⓘ
red-necked stint ⓘ
short-tailed shearwater ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
coastal development ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
usedFor aquaculture ⓘ
boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
nature-based recreation ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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 → includesArea → Western Port hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Western Port
Cowes, Victoria → overlooks → Western Port ⓘ
Flinders → overlooks → Western Port ⓘ
Flinders → adjacentTo → Western Port ⓘ
Hastings, Victoria → locatedOn → Western Port ⓘ
subject linked to: Hastings
French Island → locatedIn → Western Port ⓘ
Newhaven → locatedOn → Western Port ⓘ
Churchill Island → locatedIn → Western Port ⓘ
Churchill Island → hasViewOf → Western Port ⓘ
Bass River → mouthLocatedIn → Western Port ⓘ
Bass River → emptiesInto → Western Port ⓘ
Lang Lang River → flowsInto → Western Port ⓘ
Lang Lang River → mouthLocation → Western Port ⓘ
ferry to Stony Point → locatedInBodyOfWater → Western Port, Victoria ⓘ
linked to: Western Port
Bass → borderedBy → Western Port ⓘ
San Remo → nearBodyOfWater → Western Port ⓘ
Bunyip River → drainsTowards → Western Port ⓘ
Bunyip River → hasMouthNear → Western Port ⓘ