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Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)
Nearest town/city Chiltern Coordinates 36°07′59″S 146°36′04″E / 36.13306°S 146.60111°E Area 43.2 km² Established 1997 Managing authorities Parks Victoria Official site Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park Chiltern-Mount Pilot is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 237 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. It is close to the town of Chiltern.
Environment
The park is notable for its diverse orchids, Box-Ironbark forests and birdlife. It is part of the Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of Box-Ironbark forest ecosystems and several species of threatened woodland birds dependent on them.[1]
See also
References
- ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20.
National Parks of Victoria Alfred · Alpine · Barmah · Baw Baw · Brisbane Ranges · Burrowa-Pine Mountain · Chiltern-Mount Pilot · Churchill · Cobboboonee · Coopracambra · Croajingolong · Dandenong Ranges · Errinundra · French Island · Grampians · Great Otway · Greater Bendigo · Gunbower · Hattah-Kulkyne · Heathcote-Graytown · Kinglake · Lake Eildon · Lind · Little Desert · Lower Glenelg · Lower Goulburn · Mitchell River · Mornington Peninsula · Morwell · Mount Buffalo · Mount Eccles · Mount Richmond · Murray-Sunset · Organ Pipes · Point Nepean · Port Campbell · St Arnaud Range · Snowy River · Tarra-Bulga · Terrick Terrick · The Lakes · Warby-Ovens · Wilsons Promontory · Wyperfeld · Yarra RangesCategories:- IUCN Category II
- National parks of Victoria (Australia)
- Protected areas established in 1997
- 1997 establishments in Australia
- Important Bird Areas of Australia
- Victoria (Australia) geography stubs
- Australian protected area stubs
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