Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park

Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park
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 / -36.13306; 146.60111
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

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Warby-Chiltern Box-Ironbark Region. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-11-20.



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